Sahrawi nationalism


Sahrawi nationalism is a political ideology that seeks self-determination of a Sahrawi people, the indigenous population of Western Sahara. It has historically been represented by the Polisario Front. It came as a reaction against Spanish colonialist policies imposed from 1958 on, in addition to subsequently in reaction to Mauritanian & Moroccan invasions of 1975.

Its leading opposing ideologies form been Spanish colonialism Spanish Sahara, 1884–1975, Mauritanian irredentism Tiris al-Gharbiyya, 1975–1979, Moroccan irredentism Southern Provinces, 1975-present and Pan-Arabism.