The Saharawi "Friendship Generation"

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Joanna Allan (University of Durham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.1.2: North African Writing and Culture: Francophone, Arabic, Spanish.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Lia Brozgal (University of California, Los Angeles), Helen Rachel Cousins (Newman University), Ziad Elmarsafy (King's College London), Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Dalia Mostafa (University of Manchester), Nora Parr (SOAS, University of London), Rita Sakr (Maynooth University)

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Literature Topic
Movements, styles and periods (literature)

Dates

Date of occurrence c.2002-

Places

Western Sahara (Location)
Morocco (Involved)
Spain (Involved)

The Saharawi Friendship Generation [Generación de la amistad saharaui] of writers were constituted as such during a meeting in Madrid on 9 July 2005, although the members wrote and created together for several years before this. Signatories to the Founding Declaration of the 2005 meeting are the writers Mohamed Salem Abdelfatah Ebnu, Mohamed Ali Ali Salem, Limam Boicha, Zahra Hasnaoui, Bahia Mahmoud Awah, Ali Salem Iselmu Musa (Pirri), Lehdia Dafa Mohamed, Chejdan Mahmud Liazid, Saleh Abdelahe, Luali Lehsan and Mohamidi Fakal-la. Other writers that have later become associated with the Friendship Generation include Sukina Aali-Taleb, Larosi Haidar, Abdurrahaman Boudda, Ahmed Muley Ali Hamadi, Said Beilal, Salka Embarek, M…

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Citation: Allan, Joanna. "The Saharawi "Friendship Generation"". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 May 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19491, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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