Baba-Ali ran a small dried fruit business in a small town a few miles south of Cape Blue, famous in history. This cape constitutes a natural border: it delimits a particular climate which the small town and its surroundings enjoy. Less heat in summer, and less cold in winter.
The author is born in Marrakesh, Morocco, where he was grown up untill he was eighteen. He is now retired in this beautifull region of Normandy, France.