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32 33 TA3ADHODIAT AL AMAL, 2012 Acrylique et stylo sur dos de toile 150x110 cm Courtesy Galerie El Marsa, Tunis. The reaction is, at the sight of the paintings, immediate. A feeling of a déjà vu .... Indeed, since Atef Maatallah paints what we want to ignore: the vagabonds, beggars, thugs, unemployed, marginals, workers too. Familiar characters with whom Atef has gone a long way. He observes them in public transport, streets, takes pictures. This young man from Fahs paints mostly Fahsie