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Mahmoud is eight years old. He is the eldest son to Mustafa Sa’eed and Hosna bint Mahmoud, and is also the older brother to Sa’eed. He is named after his maternal grandfather. Right before his death, Mustafa Sa’eed designates the narrator as guardian of Mahmoud and his brother and asks the narrator to spare his sons the pangs of “wanderlust.” Mahmoud and his brother end up as orphans after their mother dies of suicide after killing Wad Rayyes.
Mahmoud Quotes in Season of Migration to the North
The Season of Migration to the North quotes below are all either spoken by Mahmoud or refer to Mahmoud. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes
“…mysterious things in my soul and in my blood impel me towards faraway parts that loom up before me and cannot be ignored. How sad it would be if either or both of my sons grew up with the germ of this infection in them, the wanderlust.”
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Shortly before his death by drowning—either by suicide or accident—Mustafa Sa’eed writes a letter to the narrator, designating him as guardian of his wife and two sons. In the letter, he asks the narrator to guide his sons so as to spare them the pain of wanderlust. Sa’eed’s words in this letter suggest that he is ultimately destroyed by his inability to feel connected to any one place or people. The fact that he is impelled “towards faraway parts” reveals that he was unable to make a home in the small village of Wad Hamid in Sudan, where he had Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Moles
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Mahmoud Character Timeline in Season of Migration to the North
The timeline below shows where the character Mahmoud appears in Season of Migration to the North. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
In the letter, Mustafa Sa’eed asks the narrator to spare Mustafa’s two sons Mahmoud and Sa’eed the “pangs of wanderlust.” He himself had settled in the village in the...
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Chapter 6
...visits Mustafa Sa’eed’s house. He is greeted by Sa’eed’s widow Hosna and her two sons, Mahmoud and Sa’eed. One of the boys is eight and the other is seven. One of...
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