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Principal Characters

Mahmoud Abuzeid (head of the Abuzeid family, married to two women)

1. Hajjah Waheeba, mother to his two elder sons, Nassir and Nur

2. Nabilah, his young Egyptian wife, mother to Ferial, his daughter, and Farouk, his youngest son. Nabilah’s mother Qadriyyah and her stepfather Mohsin live in Cairo.

Idris Abuzeid (Mahmoud’s younger brother, a widower with three daughters)

Halima

Fatma (married to her cousin Nassir) has two children, a daughter, Zeinab, and a son

Soraya (betrothed to her cousin Nur).

Ustaz Badr, an Egyptian, a teacher of Arabic and private tutor to the Abuzeids. He is married to Hanniyah, they have four young sons—Osama, Bilal, Radwan and Ali

Shukry, Ustaz Badr’s cousin.