[Scene: A small roadside café in Riyadh, mid-evening. The call to prayer just finished. Faisal and Omar sit with Arabic coffee and dates.]
Faisal: (looking nervously over his shoulder)
Wallah, Omar, today started badly. As soon as I left the house, a black cat crossed the street. And then? Boom! My tire went flat.
Omar: (sipping coffee calmly)
Faisal, come on. Maybe the tire went flat because you haven’t changed it since Ramadan 2022, not because some feline dared to walk.
Faisal:
You joke, but I’m serious. It’s not just the cat. I saw a crow circling the building last week — two days later, Uncle Saeed slipped in the bathroom!
Omar:
What was the crow supposed to do? Fly in and install anti-slip mats? Faisal, birds fly. That’s what they do. If every crow meant doom, we’d be living in a horror movie.
Faisal: (leaning in)
No, no, these are signs. Warnings. My grandmother always said, “If your right palm itches, money is coming. If your left palm itches, money is leaving.” And last Thursday? My left palm itched all day. And guess what — Zain deducted a huge roaming charge!
Omar:
Or maybe you forgot to turn off your mobile data in Bahrain.
Faisal: (grinning a bit)
Okay, fine, that part might be true. But still… You can’t deny people have felt these things for generations. All cultures have their signs. It’s part of who we are.
Omar:
I won’t deny that, habibi. But think about it — just because a belief is old doesn’t make it true. People used to believe the Earth was flat and that sneezing meant evil spirits were escaping.
Faisal:
But don’t you feel sometimes there’s more to life than just logic? Like, intuition? Energy?
Omar:
Sure, feelings are real. But correlation isn’t causation. You saw a black cat and your tire burst — that doesn’t mean the cat hexed your car. Maybe you just hit a nail.
Faisal:
You always need proof. But some things don’t need proof. They just are.
Omar: (smiling)
And I just am a man who refuses to blame innocent cats for your tire negligence.
Faisal: (laughing)
You know, I once canceled a job interview because a lizard fell on my shoe. I was convinced it was a bad sign.
Omar: (facepalming)
Ya Allah. So the poor lizard had career advice now?
Faisal:
It felt real at the time!
Omar:
And how’s that job search going?
Faisal:
Touché.
Omar: (softening)
Look, bro, I’m not saying dismiss your instincts. But how about this — next time you feel a “bad omen,” check if there’s a logical explanation too. You can believe in both tradition and science. Balance, ya Faisal. Like Arabic coffee and dates.
Faisal: (thoughtfully)
Hmm. So you’re saying… give cats a chance?
Omar:
Yes. Give cats — and your tires — a chance.
Faisal: (smiling)
Okay, fine. Maybe I overreacted. But if a camel sneezes in front of me tomorrow, I’m calling you immediately.
Omar:
Deal. But only if it sneezes three times. That’s the universal sign for “Go home and check your tire pressure.”
[Both laugh, clinking their coffee cups as the city buzzes around them.]
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