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Lives in Resistance – Sahrawi Perspectives after 51 Years of Occupation
Panel Discussion and Concert
15. November 2026
15.00-19.00
15.00-19.00
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For free
All ages welcome
in German
Since a large part of the Sahrawi population was driven from its homeland 51 years ago, Sahrawis have lived apart from one another in starkly different circumstances. Those living under Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara face severe repression and violence, while others live in refugee camps in an inhospitable stretch of the Algerian desert or are scattered across the diaspora.
This event puts Sahrawi voices and the many forms their resistance takes at the center. Emma Lehbib, Tidjani Saleh, and Sara Widad Hamed – young Sahrawis living in exile in Germany and Spain – join us to talk about their experiences, about how identity takes shape far from one’s own land and culture, and about how they carry their resistance into everyday life.
To close the evening, Vdiya Chein and Yahya Sid Ahmed Embarek, who perform Sahrawi music together as Layun ocupado, come to Berlin for a concert that shows why music lies at the heart of Sahrawi culture and resistance.
