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Mariem Hassan's album is the rawest, dirtiest slice of blues I've heard in quite a while. Like every desert blues artist I've encountered, their music has an extraordinary intensity to it; unlike many, they also have variety on their side.
(Jamie Renton, FRoots)

Mariem Hassan con Leyoad. This debut solo CD from the great Sahraoui singer Mariem Hassan proves that divine grace has not deserted the musicians of the country and neither has divine strength and hope forsaken its people.
(Andy Morgan, Songlines)

In refugee camps in Algeria, the music of the nomadic Saharaui people is thriving, and here their raw-voiced diva Mariem Hassan gives voice to their determination to "kneel before no one" - combining elemental traditional sounds with bluesly electric guitar.
(Mark Hudson, Telegraph)

La musique de Mariem Hassan est joyeuse, entraînante et fière, tout en criant la détresse de l'exil forcé. Entre blues mandingue virtuose et arabesques mélodiques, la musique distille un groove fascinant sur lequel vient planner le chant poignant de Mariem Hassan.
(Benjamin Minimum, Mondomix)

Ella tiene el blues. Puro latido de un Sáhara Occidental en plena lucha por la libertad.
(Jazzthetik)

Mariem, cantante de excepción, con su voz rasgada y llena de matices es capaz de llevar las melodías mas amables a los temas más comprometidos.
(La Vanguardia)