... The result of this painting, expressed in this original formula, is the ability to be read and interpreted immediately, achieving a degree of cleanliness that only a simple storyline can allow. Hassoun pays tribute to his two private worlds, the one he was born in - Islam - and the one he adopted - the West - as they coexist in Bellezza, completely free of preconceptions and subjections, combined by a relationship between background and foreground which is as simple as it is effective. These works achieve the status of "moral allegories and the engaging truth of archetypal myths", in Marina Mojana's penetrating interpretation, and not only because of the easily read final outcome of the work but because of the subtle, careful construction underlying it. ...

Beatrice Buscaroli