Men: Abbas Abdoun (coffee waiter) Adham Ali Fawanis Balqiti (Gabal's father-in-law) Barakat (gangster of CotA) Daabis Dulma Galil Gabal Gabalawi Hamdan Hamouda (gangster of CotA) Humam Idris Itris (a poet of the Al Hamdan) al-Laithy (gangster of CotA) Karim Muhammad Mustapha Naguib Omar Othman Qadri Qassem Qidra (gangster of CotA) Ridwaan Rifaa Zaqlut (gangster of CotA) Women: Aliyat Buthayna Hafida Hind Huda (Lady Huda; Effendi's wife) Kamelia Kasida (a type of poem) Nargis (servant girl) Tamar (Tamar Henna, seller of oranges) Sayida (Balqiti's daughter) Shafiqa (Balqiti's daughter, Gabal's wife) Margaret Muna Umaima (slave girl) Warda Zeinab Surnames: Fouad Hamid al-Hamzawi Henna Khalil Mahfouz Samir Yazbeck Writers: Muhammad Abd al-Malik Mayfa Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Abd al-Wali Legends: Abu Zaid al-Hilali Meals: Dates, cheese, halva, hot falafel Places: Muqattam Watawit Alley (from Children of the Alley) Islamic Names