Adil Badawi

**Adil** is a love interest in the book The Desert Rose.

## About Adil

Adil first appears when he shows up at the home of Yasmin demanding Zuleika to tell him his fortune.

After Ali, Adil's adoptive father, finds Yasmin passed out in the poor quarters, he brings her to his tent. When Yasmin wakes up, Adil is there to greet her. Adil is a Bedouin (a nomadic Arab who inhabit the desert region). He was an orphan on his own when Ali found him and took him in. Ali describes him as even tempered yet argumentative. Adil hosted Yasmin at his tent with Ali until she needed to return home. He accompanied her on his camels.

Later, Yasmin will find him playing music in the square with some friends and you can choose to sing along with him to one of the songs. Near the vendors, Yasmin overhears Adil talking to his friend about something curious and when he speaks to her he will act as if this is the last time he'll see her. The mystery is solved when Yasmin overhears Zain talking to someone on the phone about a man named Adil getting arrested for trying to bomb someone's home.

Adil discovered that Ali was going to be punished for a crime he did not do and Adil took the blame to save him. He gets taken to a detention center called "Qahwa." It is an isolation ward for dangerous criminals amidst the Atlas Mountains, almost impossible to escape. Fortunately, Yasmin's father discovers his innocence and Adil is released. Your choices impact whether he is tortured or not before he's released.

At the end of Season 1, depending on how close you are with Adil, either himself, Rajab, or Madi will reveal themself as the Rebel. It is discovered that Adil was originally the only Rebel, but when he was arrested, Rajab and Madi took over and intended to continue his legacy if Adil was executed.

Thanks to Yasmin's help, Adil is released from prison and is able to continue his mission to help the people under Saleh's rule. At the end of Season 2, Adil helps Yasmin and Zuleika escape from their home while it's under attack. If you are romancing him, he will confess to Yasmin that his real name is Caleb Raul Hernandez, the older brother of Jack Hernandez. He was in the accident that killed their father but he managed to survive when he was found by Ali and healed.

Please note: This story is ongoing and this page is a work in progress.

## Relationships

* Ali: Adoptive Father
* Yasmin: Possible love interest/Friend
* Rajab: Friend
* Madi: Friend
* Jack Hernandez: Younger brother

## Quotes

* *"Are we going to compete over whose tongue is sharper?"* (S1, Ep3)
* *"Compassion is sometimes the greatest manifestation of courage."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep3)
* *"We're simple people - we have arms, legs. The rest will follow."* (S1, Ep3)
* *"A Bedouin's word is law for a camel."* (S1, Ep3)
* *"A beautiful flower can turn into a snake, can't it?"* (S1, Ep6)
* *"You have a talent. A talent for running into me and ending up in strange places."* (S1, Ep7)
* *"There is no shame in making money from your hard work."* (S1, Ep7)
* *"I'm a nomad, not an ogre."* (S1, Ep7)
* *"Perhaps this is the beauty of life. You never know when you'll find something you had no idea you were looking for."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep7)
* *"The desert doesn't care about your status."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep7)
* *"You have no reason to trust me, curious elephant."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep7)
* *"We should get going, everything good must come to an end."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep7)
* *"It's better to die like a dog, knowing that you have lived like a man, than to live like a parasite, thinking that you'll die like a sultan."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep9)
* *"I never would have imagined the leader's daughter trying to rescue some Bedouin. Or talking to him at all."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep9)
* *"Oh, you're still the same curious elephant's child. Please take care of your trunk."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep9)
* *"You must like my even-toed friends; all your comparisons feature them."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep9)
* *"What do they say in fairy tales? Tomorrow is another day?"* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep9)
* *"Well, elephant's child, are you looking for news adventures? You came after all."* (S1, Ep10)
* *"Anyway, as long as I'm around no one can hurt you."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep10)
* *"You'll come, I know. Or I'll come."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep10)
* *"Sometimes we have to make sacrifices for a cause. I was ready to sacrifice myself."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"The more I watched it destroy lives around me, the more I wanted to change it."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"You became a new story for me."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"You do know me. You're the one who knows me better than anyone."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"Every day, I though about you more and more. Even before I turned myself in, the only thing I wanted to see in case I died was your eyes."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"After all, an idea is always more important than the person behind it. I thought about it. But most of all, I thought about you."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"Every day, every hour, I will ask your forgiveness in the hopes that someday you will forgive me."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"Yasmin, qalbi, my rebel, my magic princess..."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"It hurts me that my goal and my ideas have clashed with what I most cherish in my life. With you. I'm sorry about that, but I'm not sorry for how I feel about you. I can't lose you."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"I follow the path of the rebel, but now there's another one. The path that leads me to you. Like a Bedouin's road to an oasis."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"I will always come back to you. You are my beautiful mirage."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"I will always find my way to you, my rebellious princess."* (Diamond scene - S1, Ep12)
* *"And I become its slave."* (S1, Ep12)
* *"My father says that fate is very treacherous, but we cannot change it. Everything is predetermined... So, it's no coincidence that you came into my life."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep2)
* *"I'll create new memories by erasing the lies."* (S2, Ep3)
* *"Take care, qalbi. And remember that I'll always find you."* (S2, Ep3)
* *"My rebellious princess. You'll come back to me, won't you?"* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep3)
* *"I trust the desert more than I trust people."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep4)
* *"What I feel for you is more than a fling, more than lust or the infantuation of a naïve, inexperienced boy."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep4)
* *"I'll be waiting for you."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep4)
* *"But I can't promise that I won't be risking my life for you. You are my qalbi."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep5)
* *"I'm rebel for the people, but for you, I am Adil. I've always been and will always be Adil."* (Diamond scene - S2, Ep5)
* *"Don’t be afraid, qalbi. Don’t think about anything else. Right now, it’s just you and me. You’re with me."* (Diamond scene – S2, Ep9)
* *"It’s so much easier to give a hundred speeches in front of a crowd than to say a few, important words to the one you’ve been waiting for."* (Diamond scene – S2, Ep10)
* *"After all, I’m a rebel. I’m trying to help people find their freedom. But you are my freedom. The woman who made her way into my life and turned it upside down."* (Diamond scene – S2, Ep10)
* *"I love you, Yasmin."* (Diamond scene – S2, Ep10)
* *"I guess all that I went through was worth it, if only so I could meet you."* (S2, Ep10)

## Trivia

* Height: Above 183 cm
* Adil in Arabic means "fairness"
* Likes to be alone and reading; he loves fairy tales
* Does not like the city and most people
* Is quite good at cooking
* Is a proud nomad; the nomad life is kind of an adventure for him
* Works in a butcher shop and singing in the square
* Life taught him to be categorical
* He has loved books since he was a kid; gradually, he has built up a small but precious collection
* He has a camel named Nadim (Arabic for "friend"); he calls him my dynamo
* Adil is against camel racing
* Adil loves his camels very much, he would never allow them to be treated cruelly
* He often interacts with tourists but doesn't like it when they make a show out of the desert
* Adil likes to watch the stars at night and thinks about who we are in this world, why the destiny is so unpredictable sometimes
* In Season 1, Episode 7 Adil calls Yasmin by two nicknames:
	+ Elephant's child and curious elephant (*"It's a character from a children's story. Once upon a time, there was a curious elephant's child who had his nose bitten and pulled. Since then, elephants have trunks."*)
	+ Tin Hinan (*"Brave and reckless, willing to do anything for the people. Not indifferent to others' grief."*)
* If you agree to walk with Adil in Season 1, Episode 7 he gives you a music box and you will open this gift in Episode 9. Inside of it you will find a pendant in the shape of an elephant and a small note that says *"I hope this baby elephant brightens up your life and inspires you to have exciting but safe adventures."*
* As a child, Yasmin wrote in an old notebook that she would only marry Mr. Darcy. In Season 1, Episode 11 if Adil is your closer relationship she thinks that he is her version of Mr. Darcy among the sand and camels.
* Adil's handwriting is smooth and neat, with no errors
* If you have a close relationship with Adil in Season 2, Episode 3 he gives Yasmin a key to a “secret place”. And if you take his diamond choice from Season 2, Episode 9 you discover that this special place is his home, and he says it is their home.
* In his diamond choice from Season 2, Episode 10 Adil gives Yasmin a turquoise ring as a confession of his love for her. She accepts the gift, and they have sex for the first time.
* *Qalbi* means “my heart”.
* If you have a close relationship with the Rebel in Season 1, Episode 12 he gives Yasmin a flower with a dagger hidden in it. And if Adil is your love interest in Season 2, Episode 10 you discover that this dagger belonged to Yasmin's mother and that Adil found it by accident.
* According to Omar, Adil is a knowledgeable herbalist
* His zodiac sign is Gemini
* Would love to travel to Paris
* Favorite books: any book written by Hemingway, The Night in Lisbon, An American Tragedy, and The Red and the Black

## Romance path

> In **Season 1, Episode 11** you will be given the option to have a less physical relationship with your LI or a more physical relationship with your LI which will influence your choices going forward. In the walkthroughs and here they will be marked with a 💚 for less physical and a 💜 for more physical.
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* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
**Season 1**

* **Ep 3**
	+ Tell you in detail. (💎30)
		- Believe you. [❗The choice will significantly affect the story. Your kindness won't go unnoticed.] [❗Your relationship with Adil has improved.] and later in this episode [❗Your compassion impressed Adil.]
	+ "Help him." (💎20) [❗Your relationship with Adil has improved.]
	+ Choose Nadim. (💎20) [❗Your relationship with Adil has improved!]
		- I'll agree. (CG unlocked)
	+ I hope for the best. [No effect but the other option for this choice deteriorated the relationship with Adil.]
* **Ep 6**
	+ (Approach the Bedouin.) [❗Adil appreciated the gesture!]
	+ (Sing along.) (💎27) [❗Adil is impressed by your singing!]
* **Ep 7**
	+ (Agree.) (💎34) (Adil takes a walk with you.)
* **Ep 8**
	+ "No." [❗Adil is dear to you! He would be surprised!]
	+ "Definitely." (💎30) [❗You have learned very useful information!] [❗Zain is happy to teach you about life.]
* **Ep 9**
	+ (Play for Adil.) (💎64) [❗You're playing as Adil.]
	+ "Yes." (💎64) (CG Unlocked) [❗Adil will cherish these memories!] [❗Thanks to Zain's help, you managed to save Adil from being tortured!]
* **Ep 10**
	+ "See Adil." (💎77) [❗You and Adil are becoming special to each other!] [❗Love is as treacherous as a snake!]
* **Ep 11**
	+ "Met Adil." [❗You're glad you met Adil!]
	+ Magical (💎20) **- or -** Rebellious princess (💎70)
* **Ep 12**
	+ Speak. (💎21) [No effect but Adil tells you about the first time he saw you.]
	+ 💚(Snuggle against him.) (💎21) [❗"I will become the serpent's slave!"] [❗Adil cherishes you!]
	+ 💜(Cling to him.) (💎103) (Two CGs Unlocked) [❗Your first kiss was with Adil!] [❗"I will become the serpent's slave!"]
**Season 2**

- **Ep 1**
	* (Imagine someone important to you.) [❗Adil is in your thoughts!]

- **Ep 2**
	* (Think about Adil.) (💎34) [❗You'll find your way to each other.]

- **Ep 3**
	* You will see: [❗You have a secret place!]
	* Adil.
	* (Think about Adil.) (💎20) [❗You miss him a lot!]

- **Ep 4**
	* Get Adil's letter. (💎31)
		+ "I can forgive him." [❗Your feelings for Adil are stronger than any obstacle in your path!]
	* About Adil. (💎51) [❗You're constantly thinking about each other!]

- **Ep 5**
	* (Give in to emotion.) (💎22) [❗You are very dear to him!]
	* The company of someone dear to her. (💎28)

- **Ep 6**
	* (Play as Adil.) (💎33) [❗Adil is ready to fight for you!]

- **Ep 7**
	* "Go say hi to Dona Lucretia."
		+ Erotic. (💎74) [❗Adil is the object of your desire.]

- **Ep 8**
	* (Take the risk.) (💎55) (You get to choose a new sprite for Adil.)

- **Ep 9**
	* (Agree.) (💎44) (CG Unlocked) [❗You spent a special night with Adil!] *(Intimate scene)*

- **Ep 10**
	* "I'll agree." (💎157) (CGs Unlocked) [❗You spent a night of love with Adil!] (Adil gives Yasmin a ring) *(Sex scene)*
	* You will see: [❗One of the meanings of the name Caleb is "wholehearted."] and [❗Qalbi means "my heart."]
**Season 3**

- **Ep 1**
	* Of one person. (💎64) [❗Adil's love for you is very strong!]

- **Ep 2**
	* I have to take care of something. (💎77) ( CG Unlocked) [❗You are terrified of losing each other!]

## Gallery

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Desert background when Yasmin is with Adil in S1, Ep3Adil, Madi, Naseef and Rajab playing in the Square (S1, Ep6)Adil's prison cell in S1, Ep8**Additional content**

Pre-release promo image - November 2022 (RC, Instagram)Pre-release promo image - November 2022 (RC, Twitter)Romance Club (Facebook, May 2023)Romance Adil (RC Facebook, July 2023)New Year's celebration image - December 2023 (RC Facebook)
## References

1. ↑ Desert Rose VK [1]
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://t.me/amyscloud
3. ↑ Amy's AMA on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceClub/comments/11uslcz/hi\_im\_amy\_the\_author\_of\_tdr\_ask\_me\_anything/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceClub/comments/18syikv/ask\_me\_anything/?sort=qa
5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=707453694714707&set=pb.100063502482356.-2207520000.&type=3
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=766617958798280&set=a.635421201917957