The 'Five College Center for World Languages' has a number of pages dedicated to the culture and language of Western Sahara, seperated into many topics with videos and transcripts. I was very excited to find this! Unfortunately they have now removed the landing page for Hassaniya, although the resources are still scattered across the site. This link shows the search results for Hassaniya on their site, so you can browse through the different topics.
My experience has primarily been with Mauritanian Hassaniya, but my understanding is that the differences in Saharawi Hassaniya only amount to a regional accent and vocabulary - almost identical to the Hassaniya in the north of Mauritania, if with a bit more Spanish, Moroccan and/or Algerian influence (where southern and eastern Mauritanian Hassaniya has been more influenced by West African languages and French).
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