Western Sahara Territory

Marhba! That’s welcome, in Hassaniya.

الصحراء الغربية: Non-self-governing territory

Emblems

Emblems of Western Sahara

• No Emblems yet. The first ones collected in Western Sahara will show here.

Western Sahara in a minute

A tent, a fire, the stars

• International status: On the UN list of non-self-governing territories
• Most of it is administered by Morocco, as part of its regions. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims it.
• Morocco’s Pavilion shows it too.
• Morocco’s Pavilion

Say it like a local

• Marhba (welcome)
• Labas (all is well)
• Shukran (thank you)
• Ishtari? (what’s new?)

At the table

Food & drink

• Atay: Green tea, mint and sugar, in three rounds.
• Camel milk: Fresh camel milk, often drunk raw.
• Taguella: Flatbread baked in the sand.
• Dates with almonds: Sweet dates stuffed with almonds.

Festivals

The two Eids

• Eid al-Fitr
• Eid al-Adha
• Islamic feasts follow the moon: the day shown is the expected one, confirmed after the sighting.