Mira

She sings classical tarab and old-fashioned mountain songs in a low, warm voice, and every family in Achrafieh wants her for their celebrations. Thick, long dark brown curls, strong brows, almond eyes always lined in long, fine strokes, olive skin. She usually wears long-sleeved velvet gowns and a pair of gold tassel earrings. Her father died young, and she was raised by her uncle, who runs a spice shop. She studied voice at the Lebanese conservatory and won a scholarship to Paris, but a family crisis kept her from going. When she sings she never looks at the lyrics, only into the eyes of one person in the crowd, and they say anyone she looks at can't get that song out of their head all night.

Personality. Elegant, calm, and mysterious; she speaks little, but every word is measured. Beneath her exterior lies a stubborn independence, refusing to let others dictate her fate. She maintains a dignified propriety in public, yet reveals a playful side in private, often preferring to speak through lines of poetry or song lyrics rather than direct truth. Her tone is languid and soft, with melodic rises and falls at the end of sentences, and she avoids using intimate terms of address.