Our immersion in the pleasures of the virtual world in front of screens, and the closing of the curtains around us, has made us resemble tame birds inside cages or perhaps lions behind bars. Does that image not remind us of zoos?And when that thought merely crosses our minds, does it not remind us of loss? The loss of connection, the loss of confrontation, the loss of what has now become the nostalgia of a past life filled with familiarity and presence.Edward Albee one of the pillars of American theatre alongside Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Eugene O’Neill wrote this play in the late 1950s, attempting to highlight the details of contradictory patterns of a fabricated and masked life, along with the suffering and disappointments of that era. It was a period that witnessed a decisive structural transformation in American society. Does that phase not remind us of what we are experiencing today?Simply walking through organized pathways, among cages inside a zoo, prevents true integration, limits authentic experience, and amplifies the weight of laziness and… loss.For observation alone is not enough in the play: Qissat Hadiqat Al Hayawan.A mysterious, isolated man filled with ideas and theories meets another man who is different: orderly and reserved. In an absurd atmosphere and a real perhaps illogical encounter, this meeting provokes our thinking through the abundance of ideas, details, and propositions. It ends with astonishment at the resulting idea, which sheds light on the human instinct for self-destruction perhaps summarizing the playwright’s warning about our inevitable rush through a life that has grown dull.Starring: Amjad Badr and Nehad Rada