The Malian band Tinariwen performed, but this year’s festival was in need of companions and friends.

This was the 11th edition of the festival and almost did not happen.

The US State Department and other foreign ministries in Western Europe advised against traveling to the north of Mali where the festival takes place.

The agencies were worried about a spate of kidnappings of western tourists and aid workers by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Military aircraft patrolled the skied this weekend over the concert venue near the historic city of Timbuktu.

Only about 300 fans showed up for this year’s festival, almost half of last year’s attendance.

For die-hard fans and musicians however, the festival is not about numbers.

It is about being in a place known for end-of-world remoteness and stark beauty.

And out of that, creating for a few days, a sense of community with people from all over the world.

Indian-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia is one them. She performed this weekend, for the first time at the Festival in the Desert.

On her most recent album “Aam Zameen,” Ahluwalia created that global sense of community.

She covered one of the big hits by legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; one of them a song called “Mustt Mustt,” which she performed with Tinariwen at the festival.

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We videotaped the segment, fully intending to post it at www.theworld.org on Thanksgiving Day.

Trying to make iMovie sync up the quality audio with the audio from the video proved difficult. So, after several days of research and development, I offer you this video version of the Tinariwen Global Hit from last week.

Better late than never.

Tinariwen’s North American Tour Dates

REBELS INTERVIEW
COALITION REPORT
OVERVIEW INTERVIEW

END TIME: 19:41

MUSIC:
SONG: Beto
ARTIST: Ali Farka Toure
CD TITLE: Savane
CD LABEL: Nonesuch

START TIME: 21:00

GAZA REPORT
PERESTROIKA REPORT

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

START TIME: 32:53

JAPAN REPORT
JAPAN INTERVIEW


GEO QUIZ
SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

EL SALVADOR INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Deep Like Airline Failure
ARTIST: Proem
CD TITLE: Socially Inept
CD LABEL: Merck

END TIME: 48:59

MUSIC:
ARTIST: Proem
CD TITLE: Socially Inept
SONG: Deep Like Airline Failure
CD LABEL: Merck

START TIME: 50:00

LATIN TIGERS REPORT/GEO ANSWER (ARGENTINA)
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:14

BENGHAZI INTERVIEW
NO-FLY INTERVIEW
MARCO LIBYA REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: India Blue
ARTIST: Ali Akbar Kahn
CD TITLE: Putumayo Presents: A World Instrumental Collection
CD LABEL: PUTU – 123-2

END TIME: 19:44

MUSIC:
SONG: Mansane Cisse
ARTISTS: Habib Koite & Bamada
CD TITLE: Ma Ya
CD LABEL: Putumayo Artists
CD #: PUTU 146-2

START TIME: 21:00

PEACE CORPS INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: All You Need Is Love
ARTIST: Barek Ghali
CD TITLE: Beatlemania Rag
CD LABEL: Prestige Elite

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: All You Need Is Love
ARTIST: Barek Ghali
CD TITLE: Beatlemania Rag
CD LABEL: Prestige Elite

START TIME: 32:52

LIBYA INTERVIEW
EGYPT REPORT
TURKEY REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

NBA REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Djelimady Rumba
ARTIST: AfroCubism
CD TITLE: AfroCubism
CD LABEL: Nonesuch

END TIME: 48:59

MUSIC:
SONG: Djelimady Rumba
ARTIST: AfroCubism
CD TITLE: AfroCubism
CD LABEL: Nonesuch

START TIME: 50:00

GEO QUIZ
SONG: Diaraby
ARTIST: Moriba Koita
CD TITLE: Sorotoumou
CD LABEL: Cobalt
CD #: CD 09279 2

GEO ANSWER
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:14

MP INTERVIEW
TILLMAN REPORT
NORTH KOREA INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Intro to Jellyfish
ARTIST: Kerekes Band
CD TITLE: Fel A Kalappal
CD LABEL: Kerekes Band
CD #: KB02

END TIME: 19:45

MUSIC:
SONG: Hebden Bridge
ARTIST: Kila
CD TITLE: Luna Park
CD LABEL: World Village

START TIME: 21:00

IRAQ REPORT
IRAN PETS INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Ghost On My Blue Carpet
ARTIST: Ensemble FizFuz
CD TITLE: Simsim
CD LABEL: Alula Records
CD #: ALU-1038

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Rupak
ARTIST: Tor Dietrichson
CD TITLE: Global Village
CD LABEL: Global Pacific Records
CD#: WK 40728

START TIME: 32:54

URUMQI REPORT


GEO QUIZ
SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

WORKERS REPORT
WRITE TO US

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

LAKE REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Ma Ya
ARTISTS: Habib Koite & Bamada
CD TITLE: Ma Ya
CD LABEL: Putumayo Artists
CD #: PUTU 146-2

END TIME: 48:59

MUSIC:
SONG: There You Go
ARTISTS: Fania All Stars
CD TITLE: Latin Funk
CD LABEL: Fania

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER

MUSIC:
SONG: Katmandu
ARTIST: Bela Fleck
CD TITLE: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from an Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
CD LABEL: Warner Nashville

GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:14

PAKISTAN FLOODS INTERVIEW
CHILDREN INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: The Dark and the Light
ARTIST: Mark Holdaway
CD TITLE: Between the Dark and the Light


TURKEY REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Awake
ARTIST: Mungal with Nitin Sahwney
CD TITLE: Putumayo Presents: Asian Groove
CD LABEL: Putumayo, World Music
CD #: PUT 202-2

END TIME: 19:45

MUSIC:
SONG: I speak Fula
ARTISTS: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba
CD TITLE: I Speak Fula
CD LABEL: Out Here Records
CD #: OH 013

START TIME: 21:00

CHILE INTERVIEW
JAPAN REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: In Praise of Dreams
ARTIST: Jan Garbarek
CD TITLE: In Praise of Dreams
CD LABEL: ECM Records
CD#: ECM18802

END TIME: 29:29


MUSIC:
SONG: In Praise of Dreams
ARTIST: Jan Garbarek
CD TITLE: In Praise of Dreams
CD LABEL: ECM Records
CD#: ECM18802

START TIME: 32:54

NORTHERN IRELAND INTERVIEW
SOMALIA REPORT

MUSIC:
Improvisational piece by Iranian musician Hafez Naeri

http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/12/hafez-nazeri/

GEO QUIZ
SONG: Diaraby
ARTIST: Moriba Koita
CD TITLE: Sorotoumou
CD LABEL: Cobalt
CD #: CD 09279 2

ROAD REPORT-GEO ANSWER INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Nama
ARTIST: Oran Etkin
CD TITLE: Kelenia
CD LABEL: Motema Music
CD #: MTM 24

END TIME: 48:59

MUSIC:
SONG: Two in the Bush
ARTIST: Outback
CD TITLE: Dance the Devil Away
CD LABEL: Hannibal Records
CD #: HNCD 1369

START TIME: 50:00

RUNNER INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Tenhert
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Imidiwan: Companions
CD LABEL: World Village

GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:14

OBAMA REPORT
SUPERPOWER INTERVIEW
UBERMOM REPORT

END TIME: 19:28

MUSIC:
SONG: Katmandu
ARTIST: Bela Fleck
CD TITLE: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from an Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
CD LABEL: Warner Nashville

START TIME: 21:00

MARRIAGE INTERVIEW
DIVORCE REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Torin Torin
ARTISTS: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake
CD TITLE: Africa Express Presents…
CD LABEL: Africa Express

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Torin Torin
ARTISTS: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake
CD TITLE: Africa Express Presents…
CD LABEL: Africa Express

START TIME: 33:09

BLACK WINDOWS INTERVIEW
HAITI REPORT
OXFAM INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

END TIME: 48:28

MUSIC:
SONG: Tiguedimma
ARTIST: Etran Finatawa
CD TITLE: Ishumar (Mali-Niger Touaregs)
CD LABEL: Tapsit

START TIME: 50:00

JOB FAIR REPORT
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:14

ISRAEL REPORT
PERRY INTERVIEW
PAKISTAN READER

MUSIC:
SONG: Madi Jancsi
ARTIST: Kerekes Band
CD TITLE: Fel A Kalappal
CD LABEL: Kerekes Band
CD #: KB02

END TIME: 19:36

MUSIC:
SONG: Butterfly
ARTIST: Talvin Singh
CD TITLE: OK
CD LABEL: Island Records

START TIME: 21:00

LATVIA INTERVIEW
RUSSIA REPORT AND READ

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

START TIME: 33:01

TURKEY INTERVIEW
JUDGES REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

VENEZUELA AND ETA REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Jamana be diya
ARTISTS: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba
CD TITLE: I Speak Fula
CD LABEL: Out Here Records
CD #: OH 013

END TIME: 48:37

MUSIC:
SONG: Delirium
ARTIST: Euphoria
CD TITLE: Six Degrees 100
CD LABEL: Six Degrees

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER (BORACAY ISLAND)
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:13

BBC INTERVIEW
WATER REPORT
TECH INTERVIEW
SLIDESHOW PROMO

MUSIC:
SONG: Clara
ARTISTS: Silvia Perez Cruz
CD TITLE: Llama
CD LABEL: M & A Recordngs
CD #: MO70A

END TIME: 19:40

MUSIC:
SONG: Virture
ARITST: Jesse Cook
CD TITLE: Free Fall
CD LABEL: Narada Productions

START TIME: 21:00

UKRAINE REPORT
RUSSIA READ

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

START TIME: 32:49

HAITIAN INTERVIEW2
WRITER INTERVIEW
HOPE REPORT

MUSIC:
No information available for this piece.

END TIME: 48:48

MUSIC:
SONG: Dataro
ARTIST: Don Shiva
CD TITLE: Bollywood Lounge
CD LABEL: Blue Flame Records
CD #: B00009YNF5

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER INTERVIEW
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15

WAR REPORT
EGYPT REPORT
MALAYSIA INTERVIEW

END TIME: 19:40

MUSIC:
SONG: Guanabara
ARTIST: Bossacucanova y Roberto Menescal
CD TITLE: Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil
CD LABEL: Six Degrees Records

START TIME: 21:00

VALPOLICELLA REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Rupak
ARTIST: Tor Dietrichson
CD TITLE: Global Village
CD LABEL: Global Pacific Records
CD#: WK 40728

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Tenhert
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Imidiwan: Companions
CD LABEL: World Village

START TIME: 32:49

UGANDA INTERVIEW
HUMMUS REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG: Diaraby
ARTIST: Moriba Koita
CD TITLE: Sorotoumou
CD LABEL: Cobalt
CD #: CD 09279 2

LISTENER COMMENTS
SWISS INTERVIEWS

MUSIC:
SONG: Katmandu
ARTIST: Bela Fleck
CD TITLE: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from an Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
CD LABEL: Warner Nashville

END TIME: 48:48

MUSIC:
SONG: Malicool
ARTISTS: Rosewell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
CD TITLE: Malicool
CD LABEL: Sunnyside

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER (SANTIAGO NATIONAL ZOO)
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15

POLICING REPORT
BAHRAIN CONFERENCE INTERVIEW
SCARVES REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Dilo
ARTIST: Zelal feat. Cem Yildiz
CD TITLE: Soundtrip Turkey
CD LABEL: Reise Know-How Sound

END TIME: 19:34

MUSIC:
SONG: Katmandu
ARTIST: Bela Fleck
CD TITLE: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from an Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
CD LABEL: Warner Nashville

START TIME: 21:00

CATLAN REPORT
LANGUAGE INTERVIEW

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Hammouda
ARTIST: Hassan Erajji
CD TITLE: Trance Planet Vol. 1
CD LABEL: Triloka

START TIME: 33:00

COPENHAGEN INTERVIEW
MIGRANTS REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

BOOKS HOLIDAY READ INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Tenhert
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Imidiwan: Companions
CD LABEL: World Village

END TIME: 48:40

MUSIC:
SONG: Last Ganesha on Earth
ARTIST: Alien Chatter
CD TITLE: Six Degrees of India
CD LABEL: Six Degrees

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER (VALENCIA, SPAIN)
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15

OSLO INTERVIEW
OBAMA SPEECH INTERVIEW
ZIMBABWE REPORT

END TIME: 19:34

MUSIC:
SONG: Epicy
ARTIST: Kila
CD TITLE: The Best of Kila
CD LABEL: Celtic Airs Records

START TIME: 21:00

COLLEGES REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Djedahi idji saman
ARTIST: Hasso Akotey
CD TITLE: Ishumar (Mali-Niger Touaregs)
CD LABEL: Tapsit

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Djedahi idji saman
ARTIST: Hasso Akotey
CD TITLE: Ishumar (Mali-Niger Touaregs)
CD LABEL: Tapsit

START TIME: 33:00

ENERGY REPORT
SETTLERS REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

BOOK INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Tenhert
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Imidiwan: Companions
CD LABEL: World Village

END TIME: 48:40

MUSIC:
SONG: Elden Ele (from Hand to Hand)
ARTIST: Burhan Ocal and Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
CD TITLE: Soundtrip Turkey
CD LABEL: Reise Know-How Sound

START TIME: 50:00

MOUNTIE REPORT/GEO ANSWER
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15

COPENHAGEN INTERVIEW
RANDALL INTERVIEW
HEATWAVE REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: Free Fall
ARTIST: Jesse Cook
CD TITLE: Free Fall
CD LABEL: Narada Productions

END TIME: 19:34

MUSIC:
SONG: Cardinal Knowledge
ARTIST: Kila
CD TITLE: The Best of Kila
CD LABEL: Celtic Airs Records

START TIME: 21:00

IRELAND REPORT

MUSIC:
SONG: In Praise of Dreams
ARTIST: Jan Garbarek
CD TITLE: In Praise of Dreams
CD LABEL: ECM Records
CD#: ECM1880

BEER INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Mysore Monsson
ARTIST: Prem Joshua & Chintan
CD TITLE: Ahir
CD LABEL: White Swan Records

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Mysore Monsson
ARTIST: Prem Joshua & Chintan
CD TITLE: Ahir
CD LABEL: White Swan Records

START TIME: 33:00

RUSSIA FIRE REPORT
FIRE INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Cler Achel
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Help: A Day in the Life
CD LABEL: Independiente

COMEDY REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG: Diaraby
ARTIST: Moriba Koita
CD TITLE: Sorotoumou
CD LABEL: Cobalt
CD #: CD 09279

END TIME: 48:40

MUSIC:
SONG: Rupak
ARTIST: Tor Dietrichson
CD TITLE: Global Village
CD LABEL: Global Pacific Records
CD#: WK 40728

START TIME: 50:00

GEO ANSWER INTERVIEW (KYOTO, JAPAN)
GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15

IRAQ REPORT
LEVIN INTERVIEW
AFGHAN INTERVIEW

END TIME: 19:38

MUSIC:
SONG: Pengo
ARTIST: Kerekes Band
CD TITLE: Fel a Kalappal!
CD LABEL: Szerzoi Kiodas
CD#: KB02

START TIME: 21:00

COLOMIBA REPORT
CANUN INTERVIEW

MUSIC:
SONG: Matadjem Yinmixan
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Aman Iman: Water is Life
CD LABEL: World Village

END TIME: 29:29

MUSIC:
SONG: Matadjem Yinmixan
ARTIST: Tinariwen
CD TITLE: Aman Iman: Water is Life
CD LABEL: World Village

START TIME: 32:50

GDP REPORT
SPAIN REPORT

GEO QUIZ

SONG TITLE: Diaraby
ARTISTS: Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu
CD LABEL: World Circuit
CD#: HNCD 1381

SWINE FLU INTERVIEW
GEO ANSWER

MUSIC:
SONG: Rupak
ARTIST: Tor Dietrichson
CD TITLE: Global Village
CD LABEL: Global Pacific Records
CD#: WK 40728

END TIME: 48:35

MUSIC:
SONG: Perriquera
ARTIST: Joropo Venezuelien
CD TITLE: Harpes Indiennes
CD LABEL: Playa Sound
CD#: PS 65002

START TIME: 50:00

GLOBAL HIT

END TIME: 58:15