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The wind reaches the coast before we do. It moves through fishing nets in Essaouira, touches a doorway in Algiers, lifts the scent of jasmine in Tunis, and follows a river towards a voice still singing. After West Africa, our musical voyage turns north: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the Sahrawi cultural world of Western Sahara. Each stop begins with a human story. A chair kept for someone returning. A child's paper boat. An olive tree that remembers names. A thread of flowers held between two generations. Tea poured for someone whose journey is not yet over. Guembri and qraqeb, mandole and banjo, oud and qanun, reed flutes, frame drums, Sudanese tanbur and Sahrawi tidinit offer different ways to carry those stories. Some songs sway; some invite an answering voice; others leave room for silence. These are new compositions inspired by selected regional musical traditions. Lyrics use local Arabic varieties where feasible, with an English-language song for our Sahrawi stop. The journey offers individual creative windows into an immensely varied region. Western Sahara is included as a disputed territory and a Sahrawi cultural destination. This artistic route does not imply a position on sovereignty. Come with us. There is still a place beside the fire, and the wind has not finished its story. Music in collaboration with Ace-Studio Lyrics and visual development in creative collaboration with ChatGPT. Cover illustrations created with AI.