Bab'Aziz is the third part of Khemir's "Desert Trilogy", which also comprises his 1984 Les baliseurs du désert (Wanderers of the desert) and 1991 Le collier perdu de la colombe (The dove's lost necklace).[1] The three films share structural elements and themes drawn from Islamic mysticism and classical culture, as well as an isolated desert setting. Khemir has said:[1]