Celebrating 20 Years of Prayer: 1993 - 2013  Western Sahara?
At the western end of the Sahara desert, in a land that receives
4.5 cm of rain a year and where temperatures vary from 60
degrees C (150 ° F) in the shade to near freezing at night, lies
a country called Western Sahara or Sahrawi Arab Democratic
Republic (SADR).  Western Sahara borders the North Atlantic
Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.  The Saharawi Peoples  In
this harsh, sun-soaked, sand-moving country lives a people
called the Saharawi. Of semi nomadic decent they are a
Berber/Arab mix. Their Arabic inheritance can be traced back to
the 15th Century when tribes migrated from Yemen across North
Africa and settled in Western Sahara. Later, the acceptance of
Islam by the Berbers and the increasing strength of the Arabic
culture gave the tribes people a predominantly Arabic bias. As a
result of this mixture of tribes the Saharawi people and culture
was born.  There are many shades of Saharawis, the majority are
pale-skinned. In the camp sch