Jabar Ouda -Hunchback of Baghdad or Hump of Baghdad - is a man in his sixties, obese, monkey-faced, ugly, strong, and short. He has a defective right eye marked with a white spot in its pupil, is dark-complected and limps, and has a hump atop his back.Usually, he speaks angrily to himself, swearing and cursing as he walks. An edgy, ill-tempered person, who works as an undertaker, he hasworked in most cemeteries of Baghdad and its environs. He is known by his ingenious name Hump of Baghdad. He owns several mortuaries. His ill fameas an undertakeris widespread in Baghdad, as he has buried several celebrities, and due to the fact that he has been in this profession since he was fifteen. His voice is throaty and coarse, a voice that fills children's souls with terror. Alternatively, maybehis smoke-blackened teeth disgust the soul of whoever speaks to him. Especially, he is not particularly liked in Iraqi society. When he makes a decision, neither his family nor subordinates dare to comment on or discuss it. All that arouses his anger is avoided by them. He has two sons, Salman, 30 years old with a tiny body and somehow accursed with his father's ape-like features, slopingforehead, sunken eyes, jutting chin, black, spliced, carefully combed hair, and the mustache. The youngest, Aboud, is somehow well built, with a hawk-like nose, wide mouth, large head, and two scars on his forehead. However, the mother, Hosnia, performs the last r