| Zujet | Abbas | Abbas' wife |
| Basher | al-Assad | President of Syria. |
| Bruno | Baresi | Nuri's passport name. |
| Dr. | Faruk | Afra's doctor. |
| Lucy | Fisher | A social worker. |
| Constantinos | Fotakis | A smuggler. |
| Ashley | Graham | American model. |
| Nuri | Ibrahim | A beekeeper. |
| Jeremy | Kyle | English television host, journalist and writer. |
| Abbas | | One of Nuri's acquaintances. |
| Adnan | | One of Nuri's acquaintances. |
| Afra | | An artist. |
| Ahmed | | Real name of Nadim. |
| Akram | | One of Nuri's acquaintances. |
| Ali | | Nuri's acquaintance. |
| Angeliki | | Afra's acquaintance. |
| Aya | | Mustafa's daughter. |
| Baram | | An NGO worker. |
| Dahab | | Mustafa's wife. |
| Diomande | | A man from the Ivory Coast. |
| Elias | | Nuri's acquaintance. |
| Emily | | Nuri's acquaintance. |
| Farida | | Afra's acquaintance. |
| Firas | | Mustafa's son. |
| Gloria | | Afra's passport name. |
| Habib | | A worm. |
| Hamid | | One who sold spices and tea. |
| Hazim | | One of Nuri's acquaintances. |
| Khamid | | Afra's great-uncle. |
| Marcos | | A driver. |
| Mohammed | | Nuri's nephew. |
| Mustafa | | Nuri's cousin |
| Nadim | | A guitar player. |
| Neil | | An NGO worker. |
| Odysseus | | A legendary Greek king of Ithaca. |
| Ola | | One of Afra's sisters. |
| Ryad | | Nuri's acquaintance. |
| Sami | | Afra's son. |
| Zeinah | | One of Afra's sisters. |
