{"id":705,"date":"2026-04-01T09:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/?post_type=poet&#038;p=705"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:00:49","slug":"yousra-benfquih-bel","status":"publish","type":"poet","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/en\/poet\/yousra-benfquih-bel\/","title":{"rendered":"Yousra Benfquih (BEL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yousra Benfquih (BEL) is a writer, poet, and spoken word artist, and a prominent presence on the Flemish stage. Her work explores social themes with an honest and powerful voice. She has been published in <em>Kluger Hans, DW B, De Po\u00ebziekrant, De Revisor, Etcetera, Rekto:verso, Hard\/\/Hoofd, De Gids, <\/em>and <em>The James Baldwin Review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How you might know this poet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Selected for talent development programs such as<em> Slow Writing Lab, Vers van het Mes, <\/em>and<em> Eenzame Avonturen<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shortlisted for <em>the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize<\/em> and <em>Melopee Laarne Poetry Prize<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her poetry collection is expected to be published this year by <em>De Bezige Bij<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":566,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-705","poet","type-poet","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":705,"nl":703},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/poet"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/705\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}