Two Brothers
Characters in Two Brothers
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Omar
The wild, spoiled, and sensual twin brother who remains in Brazil, coddled by his mother's intense affection.
Yaqub
The reserved and disciplined twin brother who is sent to Lebanon for five years after a violent clash with Omar, returning as a virtual stranger.
Supporting characters
Zana
The twins' mother, whose possessive and unequal love for her sons deepens the bitter rivalry between them.
Halim
The patriarch of the family and husband of Zana, who struggles to manage the explosive tension between his twin sons.
Nael
The son of Domingas and the narrator of the family's tragic history, observing the household's slow dissolution from within.
Domingas
An indigenous woman taken in by the family as a child to work as their maid, and the mother of the narrator, Nael.
Rânia
The sister of Omar and Yaqub, who is caught in the middle of her family's toxic dynamics.