Klibi graduated with a Baccalaureat de l'Enseignement Secondaire in philosophy from Sadiki College in 1944.

After graduate work at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University where he earned a degree in Arabic language and literature in 1947.

Having mastered the Arabic and French languages, he lectured at the Institut des Hautes Etudes and the Ecole Normale Superieure.

[1] Klibi was appointed secretary general of the Arab League in March 1979, as a result of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

This book was written in the form of an interview with French journalist Jennifer Moll, in which he envisages several matters involving Islam, Europe and his experiences as secretary general of the Arab League.