Hadjatu_Aliat_Swelm

Hadjatu Aliat Swelm

Hadjatu Aliat Swelm

Sahrawi poet


Hadjatu Aliat Swelm (Arabic: حجاتو عليات سويلم; born 1973) is a Sahrawi poet, whose work examines the role of women in Sahrawi culture.

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Biography

Swelm was born in the Sagir Valley, Western Sahara.[1][2] She has written poetry throughout her life, mostly political work which was first and has subsequently been published under a pseudonym.[3][4] In 1999, the publication of a poem she wrote about 66 political prisoners led to Moroccan authorities finding out her identity and a loss of her anonymity.[1] After a rising number of police raids on her home and family, she moved to Aosserd camp, in order to protect her family from Moroccan authorities.[5][1] Her poetry focuses on the role of women within the Sahrawi struggle.[1] Both she and the poet Hossein Moulud have written about life at the Gdeim Izik protest camp.[6]

Swelm's work was first translated to English by the writers Sam Berkson and Mohamed Sulaiman, in their volume of Sahrawi Poetry Settled Wanderers.[1]


References

  1. Berkson, Samuel; Sulaiman, Mohamed (2015). Settled Wanderers. London: Influx Press. pp. 178–9.
  2. admin (2020-10-03). "Les voix d'une patrie perdue : la poésie du Sahara occidental". Maghreb online (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. "Voces de una patria perdida: la poesía del Sáhara Occidental". Correo diplomático saharaui (in Spanish). 2020-10-03. Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  4. Berkson, Samuel; Sulaiman, Mohamed (2015). Settled Wanderers. London: Influx Press. pp. 44, 48.

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