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One main theme inall the books that we have read so far is the mixing of the Orient and the Occident. "Season of Migration to the North", by Salih, also presents this aspect of the world yet also raises new questions about this relationship. From the beginning of the book, the narrator informs the reader that he is glad to be home and among the poeple of his village after a seven year absence getting his doctorate in English,.."I returned with a great yearning for my people in that small village at the bend of the nile." This is a contradicted with his preocupation with Mustafa, the new "Stranger" living in his village. The narrator, Effendi, ultimately is not the only person in the village to be from or to have spent time in London or the north--which represents the western ways. Referring to one question presented to us, We don't know a lot or find out about hsi time in London and this is due to his preoccupaton with Mustafa. This is evident in his thought as well as his descriptions of Mustafa..."I looked as his mouth and eyes, I was aware of a strange combination of strength and weakness.(8)" It is as if the narraotor already knows that mustafa has done some thing corrupt, or suspects it since