Characters

Who Azzam meets

Nineteen characters across two worlds. Every butterfly-world character is drawn from the form and traits of a real butterfly or insect, and each embodies a psychological archetype answering some part of Azzam himself.

The real world

Azzam's family in Asir, and the man who changed the course of his life without meaning to.

  • assets/char-azzam.jpgAzzam — a character from Azzam

    Protagonist

    Azzam

    فراشة الصحراء — Pontia glauconome

  • assets/char-mother.jpgUmm Azzam — a character from Azzam

    The Mother

    Umm Azzam

  • assets/char-samy.jpgUncle Samy — a character from Azzam

    The Uncle

    Uncle Samy

  • assets/char-hanouf.jpgAl-Hanouf — a character from Azzam

    The Sister

    Al-Hanouf

  • assets/char-grandfather.jpgAzzam's Grandfather — a character from Azzam

    The Grandfather

    Azzam's Grandfather

  • assets/char-grandmother.jpgAzzam's Grandmother — a character from Azzam

    The Grandmother

    Azzam's Grandmother

  • assets/char-abufaris.jpgThe Ice-Cream Man — Abu Faris — a character from Azzam

    The revelation

    The Ice-Cream Man — Abu Faris

  • assets/char-faris.jpgFaris — a character from Azzam

    The absent one

    Faris

The butterfly world — the friends

His companions on the road — each one an archetype, and a real butterfly.

  • assets/char-abuazzam.jpgThe Atlas Moth — Abu Azzam — a character from Azzam

    The Figure

    The Atlas Moth — Abu Azzam

    عث الأطلس (أكبر العثّ) — Attacus atlas

  • assets/char-sara.jpgSara — a character from Azzam

    The Innocent

    Sara

    فراشة سارة — Danaus plexippus

  • assets/char-dhiban.jpgSheikh Dhiban — a character from Azzam

    The Ruler

    Sheikh Dhiban

    الفراشة النحاسية — Lycaena

  • assets/char-saher.jpgSaher — a character from Azzam

    The Protector

    Saher

    فراشة البومة

  • assets/char-sater.jpgSater — a character from Azzam

    The Magician

    Sater

    فراشة الورقة الميتة

  • assets/char-rai.jpgRa'i — a character from Azzam

    The Sage / Joker

    Ra'i

    فراشة علامة الاستفهام

  • assets/char-battal.jpgBattal — a character from Azzam

    The Orphan

    Battal

    فراشة ساعي البريد — Heliconius melpomene

The Saqlab gang

The Shadow and what backs it — the side we would rather not admit to, and cannot grow without.

  • assets/char-muzaa.jpgMuza'a — a character from Azzam

    The Shadow

    Muza'a

    خنفساء الخفاش — Battus barbicornis

  • assets/char-edmira.jpgEdmira — a character from Azzam

    The Saqlab Gang

    Edmira

    ذبابة دوبسون — Corydalinae

  • assets/char-tabs.jpgTabs — a character from Azzam

    The Saqlab Gang

    Tabs

    سوسة الزرافة — Giraffe weevil

  • assets/char-madghasaq.jpgMadghasaq — a character from Azzam

    The Saqlab Gang

    Madghasaq

    سوسة الزرافة — Giraffe weevil

See also