The Perfect Arab Artist, Two original series of personalized national and international postage stamps: Australia, France, Belgium, Canada, Finland, USA, Holland, Luxembourg, Iceland, New-Zealand, China, Taïwan, 2014.

This project is a critical stance regarding what is expected of an Arab artist, as well as the image that Arab artists circulate of themselves in order to answer to an existing demand in the art market. Since the emergence of the art world in the Gulf, the Arab artistic scene has gained importance. Hyper-mediatized, the artists benefited in order to be known and gain a place in the international art market.

Fattouh’s printed stamps exchanged the French national icon to that of (her) own veiled face. Just like the French Marianne, the veiled woman became the national icon of a country that seeks to ban the veil.