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United States in the Western Sahara War
The policy of the North American administrations in the Sahara conflict via the recently declassified documents of the Secretary of State Domingo Garí, Estados Unidos en la guerra del Sáhara Occidental, Catarata, 2021, 224 p. The war in Western Sahara was in its first...
Women in the Sahara and the Sahel – L’Ouest saharien journal, issue 16
Notice of publication C. Evrard & E. Pettigrew, 2022, Femmes du Sahara-Sahel: Transformation sociales et conditions de vie, Cahiers L'Ouest saharien, n°16, 232 p. There are few works on women in the humanities and social sciences literature on the Saharo-Sahelian...
CALL for papers – L’Ouest saharien journal – Women’s conditions
Call for papers for the journal L’Ouest saharien Thematic issue (2022) "Women's conditions in the Sahara-Sahel" Issue coordinators: Camille Evrard, historian, associate researcher at the FRAMESPA laboratory (UMR 5136 - Toulouse Jean Jaurès University) and at the...
Letter from OUISO to the Presidency of IRD: Request for clarification on IRD research partnerships in Western Sahara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Paris, 17th of December 2020, Dear Colleague, Dear CEO of IRD, In June 2020, our observatory published on its website a news item about the signing of research conventions between the IRD and some Moroccan communities or institutions...
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New publication “Around Western Sahara: ongoing research, testimonies and novels”. L’Ouest saharien, issue 12
"Autour du Sahara Occidental : recherches en cours, témoignages et nouvelles" in Cahiers L'Ouest saharien, n°12, 2020, 278 p. This issue of L'Ouest saharien is published in the context of the resumption of the war in Western Sahara, which raises great uncertainties...
The Institute of Research for Development (IRD) violates International Law in Western Sahara
Academic Council Communiqué “The Institute of Research for Development (IRD) violates International Law in North Africa (Western Sahara)” One year ago (June 2020), our Observatory discovered that academic partnerships were underway between Moroccan institutions and...
Appel à communication pour le Forum Insaniyyat Tunis 2022
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Appel à communication pour le Forum Insaniyyat انسانيّات Tunis 2022 - Date limite: le 15 novembre 2021 Présentation générale du Forum Insaniyyat Insaniyyat انسانيّاتest un Forum international des sciences humaines et sociales visant...
On the cancellation of EU-Morocco trade agreements: Orient XXI, A. Quéré
Antoine Quéré, "Pêche. La justice européenne à contre-courant sur le Sahara occidental", Orient XXI, 4 octobre 2021 https://orientxxi.info/magazine/peche-la-justice-europeenne-a-contre-courant-sur-le-sahara-occidental,5081
Nouvelle vidéo: Comprendre la bataille juridique sur l’exploitation des ressources naturelles au Sahara occidental – Meriem Naïli
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Event: an Anthology of the Sahrawi national poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Gimeno Martin, J.C. y al (2020) Poetas y poesía del Sáhara Occidental. Antropología de la poesía nacional saharaui. Spain: Ultima linea. Summary: "This book is an extraordinary work that makes known the Saharawi poets....
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development: a signatory to partnerships with the occupying power of a conflict zone?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The website of the French social and human sciences research laboratory, « UMR PALOC » - a laboratory that is affiliated to the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD), France’s National Museum of Natural History and...
New publication: Las Operaciones de Paz de las Naciones Unidas y los derechos humanos: el caso de la MINURSO en el Sáhara Occidental – Juan Domingo Torrejón Rodríguez
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Juan Domingo Torrejón Rodríguez. (2020). Las Operaciones de Paz de las Naciones Unidas y los derechos humanos: el caso de la MINURSO en el Sáhara Occidental, Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, (28), 43-73....
New publication: The activities of French companies in Western Sahara, crime of colonization? – Antoine Quéré
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Antoine Quéré, Le crime de colonisation par peuplement - Etude de cas sur les activités économiques des entreprises françaises au Sahara Occidental, Master’s thesis in penal law, Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg,...
New publication: Thesis on the rock art of the Upper Saguia el Hamra – Helena Ventura
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Helena VENTURA, Els gravats rupestres prehistòrics d’estil Tazina del jaciment de Sluguilla Lawash (Sàhara Occidental), PhD thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2019, 614p. Abstract Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher...
New publication: The Politics of Algeria Domestic Issues and International Relations – Yahia H. Zoubir
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Yahia H. Zoubir, 2019, The Politics of Algeria Domestic Issues and International Relations, Routledge, 274pp Resume: This book brings together Algerian-based scholars and Algerians in the diaspora to address the many,...
Online International Workshop – November 12th – registration open
International Workshop PhD candidates and Post-doc researches November 12th 2020 Online from 2:00 pm to 7:30 pm (Frenche time) registration mandatory : contact.ouiso@gmail.com Organized by Meriem Naïli (University of Exeter) & Sébastien Boulay (CNRS - Institut des...
New publication: Enjeux environnementaux, L’Ouest saharien – issue 9
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Enjeux environnementaux (2019). Cahiers L'Ouest Saharien, (9), 272 p. Summary: This issue of the multidisciplinary journal L'Ouest saharien highlights the environmental issue. It addresses both the problem of the...