The Bingleys return to London for some time after acquiring Netherfield Park, as a result of Darcy working behind the scenes to keep Mr.Bingley and Jane apart. London is much more metropolitan than Hertfordshire, and is seen as a higher status place to have a residency. Jane eventually follows and stays with family. 

In Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennets live in the real live, then-rural,  county of Hertfordshire on their imaginary estate of Longbourn. Mr.Bingley's equally fictional Netherfield Park is also here. 

"Upon my word I say no more here than I might say in any house in the neighbourhood, except Netherfield. He is not at all liked in Hertfordshire. Every body is disgusted with his pride. You will not find him more favourably spoken of by any one.”

Mustafa is granted a government scholarship at the age of 15 to attend University in London. After graduating he spends his days lecturing economics at the University of London. Mustafa lives in London until he decided to return to Sudan and become a farmer. Much happens to Mustafa while living in London and he ends up getting himself into a bit of trouble. This is what prompts him to return to Sudan and live a simpler life.

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.