islamИслам в современном миреIslam in the modern world2074-15292618-7221Medina Publishing Ltd10.22311/2074-1529-2020-16-2-243-254islam-788Research ArticleМОЛОДЫЕ ГОЛОСАYOUNG VOICESБеженцы сахрави в Алжире: как живет «народ в изгнании»?Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria: How Do “The People in Exile” Live?СмешкоЕ. И.SmeshkoE. I.

СМЕШКО Елизавета Игоревна — студентка 3-го курса каф. мировой политики ф-та международных отношений

199034, г. Санкт- Петербург, Университетская наб., д. 7–9

Elizaveta I. SMESHKO, third-year student, School of International Relations

7/9, Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg, 199034

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Статья посвящена изучению особенностей жизни народа сахрави, который по причине конфликта в Западной Сахаре с 1970-х гг. проживает в лагерях беженцев в вилайете Тиндуф в Алжире. Процесс политического урегулирования западносахарского вопроса де-факто приостановлен, однако ситуация в лагерях беженцев сахрави остается нестабильной и требует новых решений и международной кооперации. В статье изложена история появления лагерей беженцев в Тиндуфе и рассмотрены существующие механизмы международной помощи сахрави. Приведен анализ деятельности организаций и учреждений системы ООН в Тиндуфе и представлены ежегодные мероприятия по поддержке сахрави в рамках кинофестиваля FiSahara. Особый акцент сделан на роли ислама в обществе сахрави. Показано, что руководство непризнанной Сахарской Арабской Демократической Республики (фронт ПОЛИСАРИО) в политических целях создает образ секулярного сообщества сахрави для преодоления исламофобии и получения гуманитарной помощи от широкого спектра неправительственных организаций, в том числе христианских и светских. При этом подлинная религиозная составляющая жизни беженцев скрыта от международного сообщества.

The article is devoted to the study of the conditions of life of the Sahrawi people who live in refugee camps in Algeria since 1970s due to the Western Sahara conflict. The process of political settlement of the Western Sahara conflict has been de facto suspended, however the situation in the Sahrawi refugee camps remains unstable and requires new solutions and international cooperation. The article provides a historical overview of the emergence of the refugee camps in Tindouf and examines existing mechanisms for international supporting the Sahrawi people. The author tends to analyze activities of the UN system organizations and agencies. Annual events within the framework of the FiSahara Film Festival to support Sahrawi are reported. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of Islam in Sahrawi society and the possibilities to benefit from the Islamic identity of the Sahrawi people to the Islamic cooperation and helping for refugees from Muslimmajority states. It is shown that the authorities of the unrecognized Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (the front POLISARIO) create the image of the secular Sahrawi community to overcome Islamophobia and receive humanitarian aid from a wide range of non-governmental organizations, including Christian and secular ones. At the same time, the true religious component of refugees’ life is hidden from the international community.

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