Zach

Zach Kartal (he/him) rooms with Sam. Friends with Harshul, and both of them work for Cid taking sex-line phone calls. Harshul used to be his flatmate, and they would watch soap operas together, until their flat’s boiler exploded. Friends with Emira. Cid is his ex and boss. Zach is from Konstantinyye originally. He has a big collection of pulp graphic novels, such as ‘Curse of the Jackalope: The Terror from the New World’.

Can make manti, which he learnt from his mother, who is a Bird. His father is not; he barely remembers his father. He drinks coffee with no sugar. His favourite colour is green, and his favourite food is lamb chops. (Although his mother thinks his favourite is firinda sutlac.)

His work number is 965-6969-777. After Zhen called that number mistakenly, the two fell in love. He first met Sam at Habibi’s, then later they both met Musa there.

He studied mathematics for a year in Salwa University on scholarship, which Rumeha also attended. He is 21 years old. Zach follows Al Hadi.

He watches soaps like ‘Beautific Generation’ and ‘The Poet’. He’s also trans and demisexual. Emira calls him ‘weird bird’ or ‘bird boy’.

References

• My Quiet Mountain Town 4
• New Year’s Day 1998 2
• Backwash
• Open Invitation
• The Juncture 2
• Heaven Lies Beneath 1, 3
• The Perfect Gift 1, 2
• The Promise 2
• Pronouns page