al-Ṭilyānī
al-ṬilyānīShukrī Mabkhūt
Characters in al-Ṭilyānī
3 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Abdel Nasser
A charismatic leftist student and journalist nicknamed "the Italian" for his good looks, whose troubled life the narrator reconstructs.
Supporting characters
Zeina
A brilliant philosophy student and Abdel Nasser's love, whose ambitions are crushed by a patriarchal society.