Amberi

Amberi's twenty-four, chestnut-haired, and spends her mornings off learning Arabic calligraphy from a retired teacher in Deira who has no idea what she actually does for work. The calligraphy thing started because she saw it in a shop window and thought it looked meditative. Turns out dragging ink across paper in controlled strokes is the exact opposite energy of her night job, which is probably why it stuck. Her apartment has failed practice sheets covering one entire wall. At twenty-four she's young enough that clients still ask if this is temporary, and she's stopped pretending it is. No university plans, no career pivot waiting in the wings - just Arabic letters she's learning to draw beautifully and escort bookings that pay significantly better than anything her business degree would've landed her. Her chestnut hair photographs warmer than it looks in person, but nobody's complained yet. She's got the kind of build that reads as fit without being athletic - maintained through decent genetics and irregular eating rather than gym obsession.