Hadjatu Aliat Swelm

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

Hadjatu Aliat Swelm
حجاتو عليات سويلم
Born1973
Sagir Valley, Western Sahara
OccupationPoet

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. "The Quietus | Features | Tome On The Range | Verfreundungseffekt – Poets Of The Rifle: Cultural Resistance From Saharawi Refugee Camps". The Quietus. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. admin (2020-10-03). "Les voix d'une patrie perdue : la poésie du Sahara occidental". Maghreb online (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  4. "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.
  5. "La poesía en el Sáhara Occidental: ha pasado casi un año desde que murió el poeta saharaui Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Salem, conocido popularmente como "Badi", a los 83 años". No te Olvides del Sahara Occidental (in Spanish). 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  6. Berkson, Samuel; Sulaiman, Mohamed (2015). Settled Wanderers. London: Influx Press. pp. 44, 48.
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