If I were Khaled Galal, the director of the play entitled ‘Black Coffee', I would have shown the play in all Arab capitals so that they try the bitter taste of coffee, too. Like no other play in 2008, ‘Black Coffee' makes you cry over the bad conditions we are living in. That is why Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni ordered the play to show for two more months. All who saw the play told their friends to go see it. If you look for some consolation to your grief over what is happening around you, from the fire in Gaza to the fire of our inability to achieve anything worthwhile, you will not find better than this play that truly reflects the sorrow and the pain you feel inside.
The hero of the play is the subject itself and not some star like Adel Imam or Fouad el-Mohandess. You are invited to drink black coffee over your misfortune and that of your country. Those young talented actors feel that Egypt now is not the Egypt of before. They believe it is the responsibility of us all - not of the government alone - to develop our country. They believe that people are not noticing what has become of them and what they were like before. They make you feel you want to do something about it and not just lament. And if you look at the situation created by the cowardly Zionist enemy, you will feel that one black coffee is not enough. Even ten are not enough. You will wish we drink something more bitter than black coffee for us to wake up.
