In de kantlijn. Het meisje dat te snel groot werd is the long-awaited follow-up to Kruimeldief by Hind Eljadid and Fatima-Zahra Eljadid. At the heart of this graphic novel is an unnamed girl growing up in a deprived neighbourhood of Antwerp at the turn of the century. Poverty, abuse, violence, mistreatment, drugs: it is a life on the margins. Until one event changes everything. A raw coming-of-age story.
“You’re probably wondering why I’m telling you all this. Who needs this? Who ever asked for my story? Well, I’m telling this for every girl who never learnt to say no. Or who did learn to say no but wasn’t heard. For every girl who became invisible under the fists of a physically stronger being, under the knuckles of so-called protection. My story begins here.”
In de kantlijn will be published by EPO. On September 9, Hind and Fatima-Zahra present this new book at De Roma.
Former editor of EPO, Thomas Blommaert, will have a talk with them. Hind will recite and Fatima-Zahra will draw live. Ahmed Hawwash will accompany them with the warm sounds of his clarinet, whilst dancer Jurn Justin Patfoort will provide some surprising interludes.
Hind Eljadid is a (spoken) word artist and writer from Antwerp. She has won several awards for her performative word art and made her debut with Kruimeldief (EPO, 2021). In 2025, she was awarded the Human Rights Prize by the Belgian League for Human Rights.
Fatima-Zahra Eljadid is an illustrator, visual artist and stop-motion animator. She works as a business
coordinator at Voem vzw and won the Gouden Reuske award in the BorgerMondo category, followed shortly afterwards by the B.a.p award in the teaching and education category.
Ahmed Hawwash is a Palestinian clarinettist, saxophonist and composer, known for his unique style that blends jazz with musical traditions from the SWANA region (South-West Asia and North Africa). He has taken part in countless projects and festivals, and performs throughout Europe and the Arab world. His latest album, Eternal Homeland, was released in 2025.
Jurn Justin Patfoort was born in the Philippines and grew up in West Flanders, where his passion for dance was sparked whilst taking part in numerous national and international disco competitions. He went on to study dance professionally in Ghent, Arnhem and Antwerp, and began his professional career with the National Ballet of Marseille. Today, Jurn works as a freelance dancer and passes on his passion and experience to a new generation of dancers through part-time arts education.
