Salt Houses
Salt HousesHala Alyan
Characters in Salt Houses
3 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Salma
The family matriarch, whose life and marriage are uprooted by the 1967 war; her story spans decades of displacement.
Alia
Supporting characters
Hussam
Salma's husband, a Palestinian man from Jaffa who is forced to leave his home and family after the Six-Day War.