> Name: Shahid
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> Age: Seven
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> Gender: Male
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> Ethnicity/Nationality: Egyptian
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> Appearance/Notes: Seven years old and big boned like his father, Othman, but in truth he's a bit ashamed to look like his crippled father. He will not be spindly and tall like Uncle Mohamed, one of mother's brothers. He knows already he will be the squat man that knows everything about everyone in town and sews the secrets and whispers into his clothes. It will give him power, this knowledge. At least, that is what Captain Sharkas promises him after dinner as the men smoke their pipes or drink their alcohol. 
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> "And once that happens, my friend," the Captain said many times, "I'll make you a permanent member of my crew." He would sometimes wink after saying that or add, "Just like your father and mother."
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> Seven years old and his idol is a pirate captain who names his boats after apocalyptic suras in the Qur'an. So he began by learning the languages Al-Qari’a's crew. Berber is the most common. Even when on land with his grandparents in Rabat, Berber is more spoken than Arabic. Next Arabic and Spanish and French. To his mother's horror, he began learning English by reading a Bible the quartermaster keeps as his pillow. Captain Sharkas began tutoring him in Portuguese in the months leading up to their trip north to Sintra. In attempts to further his language skills he would eavesdrop on conversations. His father doesn't know about this. Shahid thinks not even the Captain knows, the things this seven year old has heard.
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> But he's squat and tubby and has a tendency to look dazed and laugh like he's not always sure what he's laughing at, so why would anyone pay much attention to him? Only his mother stares down at him when he comes back from long spells away from his brothers who he was supposed to be watching. Esra never says anything though, she just tells him to wash and prepare for prayers or that she needs help tidying their family's cabin because the baby in her tummy is making her back ache too much to bend over. 

> Name: Samy & Ahmad
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> Age: 3
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> Ethnicity/Nationality: Egyptian
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> Appearance/Notes: TBD

> Name: Deena
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> Age: 12 months
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> Ethnicity/Nationality: Egyptian
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>Appearance/Notes: TBD