| Muhammad |
Ali | A poor writer. |
| Ali |
Al-Junaydi | The sheikh. |
| Mr. |
Bayaza | Mahran's old neighbor. |
| Shaban |
Husayn | The man whom Said murdered. |
| Nabbawiyya |
Ilish | Mahran's ex-wife. |
| Sidra |
Ilish | Said Mahran's former confidant; Nabbawiyya's new husband. |
| Rauf |
Ilwan | Columnist. |
| Maitre |
Ilwan | Rauf's wife. |
| Said |
Mahran | Protagonist. |
| Amm |
Mahran | Said's father. |
| Abd |
Rabbuh | The jailer. |
| Mr. |
Smuggler | One of Mr. Tarzan's friends. |
| Mr. |
Tarzan | The café owner. |
| Sana |
| Mahran and Ilish's daughter. |
| Detective |
| The officer who accompanied Said. |
| Nur |
| Said's new love interest. Aka: Shalabiyya. |
| Allah |
| The Muslims' God. |
| Turk |
| Said's old neighbor. |
| Moses |
| A Hebrew prophet. |
| Waiter |
| Mr. Tarzan's employee. |
