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Ya3eesh Ya3eesh..

Ya3eesh Ya3eesh

 

Another coup takes place in the coup-plagued empire of Mida. This time, the emperor (Joseph Nassif) manages to flee his palace and, with the help of his loyal aides, reaches a shop by the border owned by the good-natured, hunt-crazy Abou Deeb (Nassri Shamseddine) and run by his sharp-witted, quick-tongued granddaughter Haifa (Fayrouz).

Blissfully ignorant of his true identity, Abou Deeb and Haifa hear a fabricated story from the emperor about him being a simple person named Barhoum who is on the run from the police after beating up his wife and his mother in law in addition, for a good measure. He pleads for shelter and is generously granted it disguised as the dishwasher in the shop. In ordinary clothes, and clean-shaved, it is virtually impossible to identify Barhoum as the deposed emperor.

Barhoum conducts eye-opening conversations with Haifa who points out to him that it is time for the rulers of the land to make changes in the way they look as well as in the way they conduct themselves. Modernization and a greater level of involvement in the daily affairs of their subjects are the key points for any successful ruler to be.

He also befriends a smuggler called Malhab (Antoine Kerbaje) who is a modern version of Robin Hood, smuggles for the good of the people. They exchange views on current affairs as well. Meanwhile, the new regime proves to be just as corrupt and ineffectual as the previous one.

Malhab, the smuggler, leads another coup, which overthrows the latest regime, and appoints Barhoum to the position of the new emperor. As soon as he assumes his new/old position, Barhoum forgets all his promises and ideals and sends forces to search the shop of Haifa for any runaways from the overthrown regime.

Haifa and her grandfather are even arrested in order to prevent any possibility of them harboring any fugitives in their shop in the future.

Despite the bleak overtone of the play, it is actually full of humorous encounters and dialogues and teams with wonderful music and songs. Suffice it to say that it carries the songs “Habbaitak bissayf” , “Shadi”, Shaweesh elkarakon” and “Layliyi btirja’” in addition to the memorable musical dialogues between Haifa and her hunt-crazy grandfather.

The play ends with a note of bitter disappointment in a song that says: “The shepherds are in one creek while the flocks in another” stressing the two different worlds rulers and ruled live in.

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