Salim takes these possessions as his own, and embarks on a new life as a taxi driver.
When Salim wakes up the following morning, the Jinn is gone, his forms of identification and car keys still lingering. In the novel, as they have sex, Salim imagines “the desert on skin,” and the Starz series adapts this passage visually by showing Salim and the Jinn turning into towering creatures in a faraway desert, having sex atop sand dunes, ending with a blazing climax. The two forge an immediate emotional connection, and it soon becomes a physical one after Salim invites the Jinn upstairs to his hotel room. He decides to take a taxi ride back to his hotel, leading to a conversation with his driver ( Mousa Kraish), a man who just so happens to be from Oman as well, and indeed is more than just a man: Je is a Jinn, also called an Ifrit, a mythical creature born from fire. The scene begins with Salim, who originally hails from Oman and recently moved to New York City to pursue a new life, experiencing an unsuccessful day in his new job as a salesman. 'American Gods' Team Explains That Crazy (and Groundbreaking) Sex Scene
