The Hakawati 1st (first) (1st (first) edition (authors) Alameddine, Rabih (2009) published by Anchor Canada [Paperback] (edit title/settings)

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• Abraham: Patriarch of the Jewish, Islam, and Christian faiths.
• Sarah: Abrahams wife
• Hagar: Sarah's slave and the mother of Ismael
• Isaac: Son of Abraham and Sarah
• Ishmael: Son of Hagar and Abraham
• Fatima: The Egyptian Slave of the emir in an ancient story and the friend of the narrator in the contemporary story.
• Aunt Nazek: Elder sister of the narrator's father.
• Lina: The narrator's (Osama) sister
• Jawad: The emir's bravest soldier.
• Afreet-Jehanam: A mighty jinni
• Khayal: Bandit who fell in love with stable boy
• Tin Can: Brother of narrators father who is also his doctor.
• Aunt Samia: Osama's aunt and his father's sister.
• The bey: An official in a Lebanese village.
• Hafez: Aunt Samia's son and Osama's cousin.
• Simon Twinning: A doctor and missionary in Turkey and Osama's grandfather's father.
• Lucine: One of the doctor's servant and Osama's grandfathers mother.
• King Baybars: The hero of a tale that goes on through the book. He begins as a slave and becomes the king of Egypt.
• King Nimrod: King who was warned a newborn would dethrone him causing Abrahams mother to flee.
• Adna: Abrahams mother.
• Jardown: Osama's grandfathers nickname in Turkey because he was born so small
• Anahid: Jardown's wet nurse
• Bast: The healer of Alexandria
• Salwa: Lina's daughter and Osama's niece.
• Ishmael: The red imp
• Ezra: Orange imp
• Jacob: The yellow imp
• Job: The green imp
• Noah: The blue imp
• Elijah: Indigo imp
• Adam: Keeper of the final gate to the underworld.
• Mr al-Khaarot: Osama's father.
• Ismail: Osama's grandfather's first name
• Barbara and Joan: Ismail's half sisters
• Hargop Sarkisyan: Pigeon trainer who hired Ismail
• Mehmet Effendioglu: Owner of 300 pigeons
• Uncle Jihad: Osama's fathers younger brother
• Murat: A dervish boy in Urfa who was handsome and brave and watched Abrahams pool.
• King Saleh: Ancient king of Egypt
• Aydmur: Slave boy bought for king
• Mahmoud: Sickly slave boy bought for king.
• Aunt Nazek: Osama's aunt and provider of Eid feast in hospital room
• May: Nazek's daughter who wanted her quarter for Eid.
• Sitt Latifah: Bought the slave boy Mahmoud and raised him as her son.
• Anwar: Samia's son.
• Baybars: Aka Mahmoud
• al-Awaar: Baybars famous horse
• Istez Camil: The oud teacher
• Elie: Concierge's son
• Mrs Daoud: Jewish lady who was Osama's mothers best friend who relocated to Israel
• Mrs. Farouks: Moved into the Daoud's apartment.
• Fatima and Mariella Farouk: Daughters in the Farouk family.