Zaïneb Hamdi is a Belgian poet, wri­ter, and per­for­mer. Fils d’Arabe, her first poe­try col­lec­ti­on, was publis­hed in 2017. In 2024, she publis­hed Où mon amour sera ḥoub, which was awar­ded the 2025 Les Grenades – Prix de la mar­rai­ne litera­ry pri­ze, which recog­ni­zes a femi­nist work of poe­try. Her texts explo­re other­ness, the pla­ce of women, their rela­ti­ons­hips with mas­cu­li­ni­ty, the body, and lan­gu­a­ge, blur­ring the boun­da­ries bet­ween the inti­ma­te and the col­lec­ti­ve. In addi­ti­on to the writ­ten word, she is also acti­ve in the digi­tal spa­ce of soci­al media, whe­re she cre­a­tes short-form visu­al and audi­to­ry poe­try that com­bi­ne ima­ge, text, and video. On sta­ge, she is devel­o­ping a form of per­for­man­ce poe­try that com­bi­nes spo­ken word, reci­ta­ti­on, and solo per­for­man­ce. Her shows have been pre­sen­ted at various cul­tu­ral insti­tu­ti­ons, inclu­ding La Bellone, Maison Poème, the Beursschouwburg, and the Palais de Tokyo.