One such artist was Spanish street artist MESA, who travelled to the Sahrawi refugee camps in 2011 and displayed his own graffiti throughout the landscape. His canvases of choice were destroyed walls, which he brought back to life through his art. MESA inspired other Sahrawis to express themselves and embody their national struggle through art and graffiti. One such artist is Mohamed Sayad, a Sahrawi artist that has been transforming the refugee camp landscape by creating works of art amongst the devastation in camps that have existed for four decades. His canvases, much like MESA, are walls that have been ruined by massive floods in the Sahrawi refugee camps in southwestern Algeria. Sayad's work tells a consistent story, one that draws on his experience of protracted conflict and a life under Moroccan occupation. Sayad's graffiti depicts aspects of Sahrawi culture and includes actual Sahrawi people as his subjects. Poetry is a popular artform in Sahrawi culture, and is composed by both men and women. Notable poets include: Al Khadra Mabrook, Hadjatu Aliat Swelm, Beyibouh El Haj. Traditionally, Sahrawi poetry was performed and passed on orally: younger poets would undergo 'apprenticeships to more experienced ones, today the internet is a key way in which Sahrawi poetry is transmitted between and within generations. However Sahrawi poets find it difficult to be published, especially by Arabic publishers, due to the political nature of much of their output. See also Bibliography of Western Sahara List of cities in Western Sahara Music of Western Sahara Outline of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Telecommunications in Western Sahara Transport in Western Sahara United Nations Security Council Resolution 1979 List of states with limited recognition List of national border changes since World War I References Bibliography Sources and further reading Irene Fernández-Molina and Matthew Porges. 2019. "Western Sahara." in Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. External links General information Country Profile from BBC News. Western Sahara. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. United Nations The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) MINURSO Deployment map as of January 2021 Reports of the UN Secretary General Human rights Human rights in Morocco and Western-Sahara , Amnesty International. Human rights in Morocco and Western-Sahara, Human Rights Watch. The Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH) Association for the Families of Sahrawi Prisoners and the Disappeared (AFAPREDESA) Other links News headline