Redha Ali Hussain

In a comedic framework, the events of the play deal with some abuses in the application of the law, and how laws are exceeded and penetrated by their perpetrators and those in power, media and influence.

What was the impact of the emergence of oil on Kuwait in particular and on the Gulf society in general? How did people behave? What were their customs and traditions?! What was the impact of oil on them, bringing about many changes? The play deals with one of the Kuwaiti villages overlooking the sea, in the late forties, when World War II was ending, and the State of Kuwait, and the Gulf states in general, were preparing to move from the sea - to depend on their livelihood - to the land and desert, where oil began to flow, and with it flowed new customs, different behavior, and ideas that Kuwaiti society was not familiar with.

Salha is divorced from her cousin Abdul Rahman. Despite their divorce, he lives with her in the same government house and has another wife. As Salha owns half of the house, he cannot sell it without her consent. Many funny situations occur between them because of her jealousy of her ex-husband’s wife.

Mansour marries Hayat, and he thinks that he will live a simple, decent life with her, but he is surprised by her mother’s interference in all their affairs, and debts control him, and every time he tries to overcome his problems, he falls into another problem.