The second portrait in this series presents the figure of a man wrapped in a light robe and a carefully knotted turban, revealing an identity that evokes the Arab world, at once ancestral and contemporary. His face, serene and silent, seems to look beyond the viewer, as if in dialogue with something we do not see. The pen firmly traces the lines of expression, the contours of the face, the texture of the canvas. There is no artifice, only the truth contained in each fold, in the way the light rests on the forehead or slides along the edge of the turban. The colours, subtle and measured, accompany the depth of the gesture: ochres, soft earths, touches of bluish shade that envelop the figure in a warm, almost sacred atmosphere. This portrait, like the other two in the series, does not seek a literal or ethnographic representation. Its strength lies in the gaze, in the restrained attitude, in what is conveyed without words. It is a face that speaks of tradition, of belonging, but also of shared humanity: something that transcends borders and eras. In the whole, this second painting brings balance and contrast. In contrast to the rebellious hair of the first portrait, here there is withdrawal. Against the questioning gesture of another face, here there is pause. Three faces, three ways of inhabiting the world.