Bilal and Zakaria

**Bilal and Zakaria** have a close sibling relationship in ***Skam France***.

## Summary

Bilal Cherif and Zakaria Cherif are the sons of Adila Cherif and her late husband. The two of them always had a close bond which grew even stronger after the death of their father and his mother's depression which forced Bilal to be a parent figure. After their eviction, the two of them are only counting on each other due to the shame and fear they feel about people opinion and possible action if they would come to learn about it. While having hard times, the brothers remains close-knit and grow to have back their places as children and not adult in their family.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 7

* Ep 10
In **The village**,
When Bilal receives Tiff's invitation to Moïra PTW, he asks to Zak if he would be okay to be alone then to which he replies that he will be fine as he isn't a baby anymore.

### Season 8

* Ep 1
* Ep 2
* Ep 3
* Ep 4
* Ep 5
* Ep 6
* Ep 7
* Ep 9
* Ep 10

In **On the wire**,
While Bila is sewing, Zak is coming into the room to show off his fake earring which make Bilal smiles, after Zak mentions the price of it, Bilal gives him the remaning money they have to him while appologizing for it. He then promises him that when their money situation will get better, he will get his earring. When Zak mentions how much he misses their mom, Bilal tells him that their mom had no other choices and that they are doing on their own to which Zak agrees. After discussing the lack of food and the use of their remaining money, Zak gives Bilal a letter he found before leaving the room.

Few days later at night, after looking at the letter that Zak gave him, Bilal watches longly a family picture of him, Zak and their mom.

The next days, in class, Bilal is talking via text to his mom who is asking how him and Zak are doing and that she misses them.

On their way to their apartment the next day, Bilal and Zak are joking and talking when they realizes that bailiffs are inside their home. The two of them ask them what's going on and if they are to be evicted, the bailiff replies that due to their mother not replying to their letters and no showing up at court that they are indeed evicted completly emotioneless to the brothers distress who are forced to hopelessly watches the situation unfold after Bilal ends up telling Zak that their mom thought that she could make it with her new work hence why they never told him how bad the situation was. After collecting their personal belonging at their now former apartment, they stock it in a hidden part of a garage and Bilal ask him to take only necessary objects. after asking Bilal where they are going to sleep to which he had no answer too, Zak tells him that they should call their mom, Bilal replies that it would be useless and that she would worry for them, he then promises him that he will find a solution. Zak ends up asking him that they should ask to Redouane to stay at his which Bilal ashamed of their situation categorically refuses before reluctantly accepting to ask Redouane face to face at Maya's. When they arrive, Bilal introduces to La Mif his brother who they happily welcome. When Redouane arrives, he happily greets them both, when Bilal attempt to tells him about their situation, he backs down at the last minute pretending that he lost one of his school book and that he needed some photocopy to Zak's clear dissapointement. When Redouane leaves them on their own Bilal explains to Zak that they can't stay at Redouane's because the latter mom will end up having suspicion and that it will backfire on them and that they probably end up in social care which alert Zak who restate that nontheless they still don't have a place to sleep for tonight before being ask to join the group to eat with them. After leaving Maya's, Bilal brings Zak to Dorian High School's archives to sleep there to which he reluctantly agree to go in even if he is scared.

In **Nothing exceptional**,

In **Appearances**,

In **Like home**,

In **Never without la Mif**,

In **Let go**,

In **Under the carapace**,

In **The rumors**,

In **Horizons**,

### Season 10

* Ep 4
In **Punching bag**,
While speaking to Anaïs, Redouane mentions that Zak was there when he interviewed Bilal.

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## Notes

* Bilal is:
	+ Overall the third central character of the series to have a sibling.
	+ Overall the first male central character of the series to have a sibling.
	+ The only central character of the series who is the oldest sibling.
* The two of them lived in the basement of Dorian High School on their own temporarily after their eviction.

## See Also

 Friendships