Peri's father, a secular man deeply supportive of Peri's education and ambitions. He has a complex relationship with religion and his personal vices.

Peri's religiously devout mother who has a contentious relationship with Mensur and maintains traditional expectations for her daughter.

A charismatic and controversial professor at Oxford whose seminar on God influences Peri's perceptions of belief and power dynamics.

An Iranian descent atheist and one of Peri's close friends from Oxford, whose strong disdain for religion contrasts with other perspectives in the group.

An Egyptian American and devout Muslim who wears a headscarf, providing a counterbalance to Shirin's views in the friendship with Peri.