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Hamza

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Hamza leads the prison party, delivering revolutionary speeches, announces Basil as a hero, and energizes the group with chants and slogans. Hamza is insulted by the narrator as a lazy devil and urged to leave his filthy mat. Briefly referenced alongside Salih and Elias in Basil’s speech.

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