Who is Ibrahim Faraj from Midaq Alley and what is their importance?

Ibrahim Faraj is the pimp who talks of love and of giving Hamida all the finer things in life before turning her into a prostitute. Faraj appears in Midaq Alley during a political rally for candidate Ibrahim Farhat. He stares insolently at beautiful Hamida as she returns from her daily walk, and seats himself in Kirsha's Café, where he appears to blow kisses towards her shuttered window as he smokes a water pipe.