Line #8 UsefulNotes/ThatDryPatchOfLandUnrecognized


1	[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wi_map.gif]]
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3	That patch of land in Northern UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}, usually known as the ''Western Sahara'', is the biggest patch of land currently non-self-governed in the world. It's also known as the ''Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic'' by its self-proclaimed government. The largest city and ''de jure'' capital is Laayoune/El Aaiún, but the SADR does not control it, instead basing itself in a small oasis town called Tifariti, located some 300 km to the southeast.
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5	Originally a [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] colony, it handed the administration of the colony in 1975 to a joint effort by UsefulNotes/{{Morocco}} and UsefulNotes/{{Mauritania}} (the former had started claiming it since 1957). They couldn’t get along and eventually a war erupted; that’s when the Polisario Front, a liberation movement of the Sahrawis, nomads of mixed Arab-Amazigh blood, proclaimed the independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. When the war ended, Morocco took possession of much of the terrain and population, including half of the Sahrawis, while exiling the other half to UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}, where they live in refugee camps to this day.
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7	The place itself is almost a DeathWorld with mostly desert, interrupted by the occasional highway that goes from town to town, its shores are too high and rocky to be used as beaches or ports and it doesn’t seem to have much oil (or at least, it’s not that accessible). The population is barely over 550,000 people, mostly Moroccans and Sahrawis, spread over a territory larger than UsefulNotes/{{Britain}}, making it among the least densely-populated places on the planet.
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9	The place as of today is divided between a zone controlled by Morocco (next to the shore) and a zone controlled by the Polisario Front (the inland part). The Moroccan part is by far the more heavily populated, containing the aforementioned Laayoune, and the Moroccan government has been working like hell to develop the region and endear it to the government in Rabat. The Front is backed by Algeria, [[TheManBehindTheMan which Morocco claims to be the one pulling its strings]], which sees the conflict as part of a wider grudge against Morocco that started when the latter attempted to take some territory off them (which had been transferred to them by UsefulNotes/{{France}}, their colonial power). Morocco, on the other hand, is supported by France and, occasionally, the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates. No side is willing to back down, though Morocco is willing to offer autonomy to the Sahrawis. This comes as no surprise since Spain, one of Morocco's two former masters (Spain controlled most of the Mediterranean coast of Morocco from 1912 to 1956), counts two autonomous communities in Morocco as part of its dominion to this day. An independent Western Sahara is recognized by less than half of the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations members, none of them part of the Security Council. The African countries are divided over the issue, though SADR was admitted to the African Union in 1982, causing Morocco to quit in protest, although it rejoined the organization in 2017. The Arab League officially supports Morocco's position, but five of its members (including, of course, Algeria) recognize the SADR. Starting from 2019, several countries supporting Morocco or [[{{Turncoat}} otherwise switching sides from the SADR]] (most of them located in Africa and the Arab world) opened consulates in Laayoune and the seaside town of Dakhla, with the United States officially recognizing Morocco's claim to the territory in December 2020 in exchange for an agreement normalizing relations between Morocco and Israel.
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11	!! Notable Works:
12	* Myth/ArabMythology
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14	[[AC:The Sahrawi flag]]
15	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/western_sahara_flag_3231.png
16	->The flag uses all four Pan-Arab colors, and is similar to that used by Palestine, distinguishable only by the red crescent and star in the center, symbolizing Islam. Were the Polisario Front to be granted independence, the black and green stripes would be inverted.
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18	[[AC:The Sahrawi national anthem]]
19
20	->يا بني الصحراء
21	->يا بني الصحراء
22	->يا بني الصحراء
23	->يا بني الصحراء
24	->انتم في الوغى
25	->حاملي المشعل
26	->في الدرب الطويل
27	->اصنعوا الثورة
28	->في أمتنا
29	->واسلكوا من أجلها هذا السبيل
30	->اقطعوا رأس الدخيل
31	->اقطعوا رأس الدخيل
32	->أيها الثوار
33	->يا مجد الوطن
34	->اقطعوا الاقطاع
35	->في هذا الربوع
36	->وانزعو بالحرب أسباب الفتن
37	->ورفضوها لا خضوع لا خنوع
38	->لا عميل لا دخيل
39	->لا عميل لا دخيل
40	->أيها السائل عنا إننا
41	->من تحدى في الجهاد المستحيل
42	->نحن من حطم ذاك الوثنا
43	->نحن من لقنه الدرس الجليل
44	->إننا شعب نبيل
45	->إننا شعب نبيل
46	->نحن من أعلناها ضد
47	->الغزاة ثورة تحرق كل الغاصبين
48	->إنها الحرب التي تمحو الطغات
49	->وتقر الحق حق الكادحين
50	->إننا شعب نبيل
51	->إننا شعب نبيل
52	->إنها الثورة من أجل الشعوب
53	->وستمضي في البلاد العربية
54	->تصنع الوحدة دوما في القلوب
55	->وتقيم العدل والديمقراطية
56	->كل قرن كل جيل
57	->كل قرن كل جيل
58	[[note]]
59	->Yā banī ṣ-ṣaḥrāʾi
60	->Yā banī ṣ-ṣaḥrāʾi
61	->Yā banī ṣ-ṣaḥrāʾi
62	->Yā banī ṣ-ṣaḥrāʾi
63	->antam fī l-waġā
64	->ḥāmilī l-mašʿali
65	->fī d-darbi ṭ-ṭawīl
66	->Iṣnaʿū ṯ-ṯawrata
67	->fī ummatinā
68	->w-aslukū min aǧlihā haḏā s-sabīl
69	->Iqṭaʿū raʾsa d-daḫīl
70	->iqṭaʿū raʾsa d-daḫīl
71	->Ayyuhā ṯ-ṯuwwāru
72	->yā maǧd al-waṭan
73	->iqṭaʿu l-iqṭāʿa fī haḏī r-rubūʿ
74	->Wa-nzaʿū bi-l-ḥarbi asbāba l-fitan w-arfuḍūhā lā ḫuḍūʿu lā ḫunūʿ
75	->Lā ʿamīlu lā daḫīl lā ʿamīlu lā daḫīl
76	->Ayyuhā s-sāʾilu ʿannā innanā
77	->man taḥaddā fī l-ǧihādi l-mustaḥīl
78	->Naḥnu man ḥaṭṭama ḏāka l-waṯanā naḥnu man laqqanahu d-darsa l-ǧalīl
79	->Innanā šaʿbu nabīl
80	->innanā šaʿbu nabīl
81	->Naḥnu man aʿlannāhā ḍida
82	->l-ġuzāt ṯawratu taḥriqu kulla l-ġāṣibīn
83	->Innahā l-ḥarbu l-latī tamḥū ṭ-ṭuġāt
84	->wa-tuqirru l-ḥaqqa ḥaqqa l-kādiḥīn
85	->Innanā šaʿbu nabīl
86	->innanā šaʿbu nabīl
87	->Innahā ṯ-ṯawratu min aǧli š-šuʿūb
88	->wa-satamḍī fī l-bilādi l-ʿarabīya
89	->Taṣnaʿu l-wiḥdata dawmā fī l-qulūb
90	->wa-tuqīmu l-ʿadla wa-d-dīmuqrāṭīya
91	->Kulla qarni kulla ǧīl
92	->kulla qarni kulla ǧīl
93	[[/note]]
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96
97	->¡Oh, hijos del Sáhara!
98	->¡Oh, hijos del Sáhara!
99	->¡Oh, hijos del Sáhara!
100	->¡Oh, hijos del Sáhara!
101	->En el campo de batalla,
102	->ustedes son titulares
103	->de antorcha en el camino largo
104	->Haga la revolución en nuestra nación
105	->y siga este camino por ella.
106	->Corte la cabeza del invasor.
107	->Corte la cabeza del invasor.
108	->O revolucionarios, la patria será gloriosa.
109	->Corte los estados en esta región.
110	->Quite con la guerra las causas
111	->para la protesta y abandónelo;
112	->ninguna sumisión, ningún ceder.
113	->Ningún agente, ningún invasor,
114	->ningún agente, ningún invasor.
115	->Usted que pregunta sobre nosotros:
116	->somos estos que conducen la lucha de transformación.
117	->Somos estos que rompen a aquel ídolo,
118	->somos estos que entienden la lección hermosa.
119	->Somos la gente del camino;
120	->somos la gente del camino.
121	->Somos estos que revelaron el camino contra la incursión,
122	->el que que quema encima de a los asaltantes.
123	->Esto es la guerra para borrar al opresor
124	->y establecer el derecho de los trabajadores.
125	->Somos la gente del camino;
126	->somos la gente del camino.
127	->El levantamiento es para la gente
128	->y avanzará en las tierras árabes.
129	->Esto producirá la unidad siempre en los corazones
130	->y establecerá la justicia y la democracia.
131	->Cada siglo, cada generación,
132	->cada siglo, cada generación.
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135
136	->O sons of the Sahara!
137	->O sons of the Sahara!
138	->O sons of the Sahara!
139	->O sons of the Sahara!
140	->In the battlefield,
141	->you are torch holders
142	->in the long road
143	->Make revolution in our nation
144	->and follow this path for her sake.
145	->Cut off the head of the invader.
146	->Cut off the head of the invader.
147	->O revolutionaries, the homeland will be glorious.
148	->Cut off the estates in this region.
149	->Remove in war the causes
150	->for protest and abandon it;
151	->no submission, no yielding.
152	->No agent, no invader,
153	->no agent, no invader.
154	->You who ask about us:
155	->we are the ones who drive the transforming struggle.
156	->We are the ones who smash that idol,
157	->we are the ones who understand the beautiful lesson.
158	->We are the people of the path;
159	->we are the people of the path.
160	->We are the ones who revealed the path against the raid,
161	->the one that burns up the raiders.
162	->It is the war to erase the oppressor
163	->and establish the right of the laborers.
164	->We are the people of the path;
165	->We are the people of the path.
166	->The uprising is for the people
167	->and will advance in the Arab lands.
168	->It will produce unity forever in the hearts
169	->and will establish justice and democracy.
170	->Every century, every generation,
171	->every century, every generation.
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173	[[AC:Government]]
174	* Unitary one-party semi-presidential republic
175	** President: Brahim Ghali
176	** Prime Minister: Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
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178	[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
179	* '''Largest city:''' Laayoune
180	* '''Population:''' 567,402
181	* '''Area:''' 266,000 km
182	(103,000 sq mi)

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