You Bury Me

ALIA – An Egyptian. 22 years old. She has just graduated with an Engineering degree from Cairo University. She comes from a conservative Muslim family. Her paternal lineage have all served or are serving in the police. She’s in love with Tamer.

TAMER – An Egyptian. 22 years old. He has also graduated with an Engineering degree from Cairo University. He comes from a traditional Christian family. Christians in Egypt are primarily Copts (Egyptian Orthodox Christians). He’s in love with Alia.

LINA – An Egyptian. 17 years old. She’s in high school. She comes from a traditional Christian family. She’s still in the process of discovering her sexuality and gender.

MAYA – An Egyptian. 18 years old. She’s in the same high school as Lina. She comes from a left-leaning family, so her family aren’t religious. They might be more agnostic or atheist but they don’t label themselves as such – you could say they’re culturally Muslim. Her parents are divorced and Osman is her half brother (same father).

OSMAN – An Egyptian. 25 years old. He’s a journalist and blogger. He was very active during the Egyptian uprising and wrote extensively about it. He’s in love with Zeina, a staunch political activist.

RAFIK – An Egyptian. 25 years old. He graduated with a degree in English literature from Cairo University. After graduating, he didn’t know what he wanted to do and decided to just smoke his problems away.

THE CITY – The city narrates, explains, confuses, comforts, challenges, shares its stories. The city should be played by all of the actors in the play.