Starry Nights in Western Sahara

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| name = Starry Nights in Western Sahara

| type = compilation album

| artist = Various artists

| cover = Starry nights in Western Sahara.jpg

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| released = April 8, 2003

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| genre = Folk, World

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| label = Rounder Records

| producer = Randy Barnwell & Randall Barnwell

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r636213}}

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Starry Nights in Western Sahara is an album compiled by filmmaker Danielle Smith, in the process of making one of her documentaries on Western Sahara. Starry Nights, published by North-American label Rounder Records,{{cite web|title=Starry nights in Western Sahara|url=http://www.rounder.com/2011/03/albums/starry-nights-in-western-sahara|publisher=Rounder Records|accessdate=2012-05-13}} is the second compilation of Saharawi music released in the United States, after Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara. The majority of the songs are sung by Umm Mekiya, a woman notorious for her voice. Songs range from traditional love songs to contemporary songs of political protest, accompanied with rhythmic clapping, lutes and tidinit.