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Tomorrow’s Not a Promise | Lebanon News
In a haunting portrait of economic despair, Ziad Rahbani’s 1978 play “What About Tomorrow?” follows Zakaria and Thuraya as they flee poverty in the mountains for Beirut—only to be trapped in a cycle of exploitation behind a bar’s counter. With no escape from capitalism’s iron grip, their struggle to feed their children reveals how wealth dictates destiny, while art and dreams are crushed by systemic futility. The play’s chilling climax—Zakaria jailed, Thuraya still grinding—answers its title with brutal clarity: for the powerless, tomorrow isn’t a promise, it’s a sentence. Yet its enduring…
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