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Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara
25 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Mohamedsalem Werad, co-founder of Saharawi Voice. Saharawi Voice is a collective of citizen journalists and filmmakers based in the Western Sahara refugee camps in south-west Algeria that provides a platform for Saharawis to share their challenges, experiences, perspectives, and hopes with an international audience. Mohamedsalem is also the co-director of the documentary Haiyu. They discuss recent events related to Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, and how the US is implicated.

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Saharawi Voices youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SAHARAWIVOICE

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