This is the birthplace of the main character of this novel Mustafa Sa’eed. Mustafa is not a local in the village and the narrator soon learns that he moved to the village 5 years before he returned. Mustafa has a very mysterious past but is well loved by the villagers. This book is centered around the narrator discovering Mustafa’s past.

This is also the place where the narrator begins working after returning to Sudan and spending some time in his village. The narrator begins a job here and starts a family but still travels back to visit Wad Hamid.