The Harafish
The fourth tale of the Harafish epic: Samaha, grandson of the Nagis, loves a girl the alley's boss has chosen for himself and flees the alley with the gallows on his heels. He lives fifteen years in exile under a beard and a borrowed name, waiting for the day of deliverance and return.
Age rating: Ages 16 and up. Content notes: Violence, fights, flight and romantic suggestion.
Volume 4 / 10·Next volume: Fifth tale: Light of My Eyes
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Text source: Hindawi Foundation
Review draft. The art is AI-generated and may contain mistakes in faces or details.
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Characters
Samaha al-Nagi
Sulayman’s grandson, the hunted man
Khidr al-Nagi
His uncle, a prominent merchant
Radwan
His brother, an honest merchant
Diya al-Shobakshi
His uncle’s kind wife
Muhallabiya
The zar exorcist’s daughter
al-Fallali
The boss of the alley
Sabah
The zar exorcist, Muhallabiya’s mother
Mahasin
The liver seller, his wife
Halmi Abdel-Baset
The government informer
Muhammad Tawakkul
The sheikh of the alley