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The Question and Answer section for Season of Migration to the North is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Mustafa Sa'eed looms in the narrator's thoughts throughout the novel. In his forties, Mustafa moved to Wad Hamid and remained a mysterious figure there, marrying a village woman, Hosna bint Mahmoud, but never speaking to anyone about his past. The...
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In context, this quote illustrates the darkness and anger that permeate the speaker. His hatred has encompassed him, and he is unable to see beyond that hatred to the point where he can no longer see himself.
