Good description. And a good start.

“Jamal had …direction.” This second paragraph is a tell paragraph. We have our city. We get our character ,but tell why he is there and about him instead of it naturally occurring if any of it is important. The type of telling to avoid even if it read nice.

"It's a beautiful city." Jamal's uncle would say.” The would here is reflective past tense and is painful. Provide us a context for this memory if the Uncle is not here. It can work, just needs rework.

You introduce Fleas again by telling. The paragraph needs to be reworked for that show natural factor.

How to make this work:
“Jamal's traveling companion went by Fleas, because that's what he was most known for. Fleas in his tattered clothes, in his scraggly gray hair, and in his massive white beard.”
“Jamal's traveling companion went by Fleas, because that's what he was most known for: (the rare semi-colon use) Fleas in his tattered clothes, in his scraggly gray hair, and in his massive white beard.”
“2”, “19,” “8”, and “23” spell out numbers smaller than 100.

“But that was his next thought. Opportunity.” Just give us those thoughts in italics, don’t tell us. The rest of that paragraph is also very much telling.
Dialogue tags: You don’t tag dialogue correctly. If someone is doing the action of speaking and it is not a ! or a ? then use a , and not a period. The period ends the clause which then there would be clause.
"Excuse me, sir. (dialouge)" Jamal asked (The tag) (incorrect.)
"Excuse me, sir, (comma)" Jamal asked (correct)
If the dialogue is a ? or a ! with a tag do not capitalize the tag.
"What can I do for you?" She said (correct)
"What can I do for you?" she said (incorrect)

Transitions: Make sure they have a purpose and function. They need to transition between parts. When you have them back to back it is redundant. Don’t be afraid a page break if it comes to it.
Shortly afterward (this is called a temporal. They make very weak telling transitions. Actions trump temporal, it a temporal is necessary then you can put the actions first and then the temporal. In this case it is not because shouting and noise erupting are powerful things), shouts and noise erupted from the tables nearby, and Anise hurried out to tend to the other guests. Jamal readied himself for the day, ordering a bowl of porridge as he prepared to meet-and-greet anyone who would be willing to give him a chance (We have him prepared to meet and greet after a interesting action this does not end the scene).
“ While Jamal's first day in Reverie resulted in meeting many of the local residents and owners of the various businesses, he was quite disappointed that it didn't lead to any sort of job”
We then transition again and tell.
When it was Amy's turn, she would (not here, avoid this word it is dangerous as it has specific purposes) share stories about

We do a quick list of Amy’s stuff and then his a tell dialogue transiton, when we could just have the dialogue.
“ Eventually, the conversation came to the topic of Jamal's uncle, who praised the city of Reverie so much that Jamal had to see it with his own eyes.”
Advanced logic: This story is set in the Middle East and we have a girl named Amy. Names match culture…. But it’s the sultan’s daughter…. So? No…
“Another temporal transition:”
“ Later that night, faintly at first,” We perceive sound first, so give us that. Then you can provide it was later at night.

That’s a lot, you have a good style, just watching for tell moments and working on curving temporal to your advantage.

Good luck with the course of the draft and the challenge.