List of Palestinian women writers
Appearance
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Palestine or whose writings are closely associated with that region.
A
- Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-Finnish journalist, columnist, novelist
- Lama Abu-Odeh (born 1962), Palestinian-American educator, non-fiction writer
- Susan Abulhawa (born 1970), Palestinian-American best selling novelist, human rights activist, author of Mornings in Jenin
- Samira Azzam (1927–1967), short story writer, broadcaster, translator, political activist
B
- Liana Badr (born 1950), novelist, short story writer
- Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian-American memoirist, poet, educator, author of Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood (2007)
D
- Selma Dabbagh (born 1970), British-Palestinian short story writer, novelist, playwright with a strong focus on Palestine
E
- Laila el-Haddad (born 1978), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian journalist, non-fiction writer
- Noura Erakat, contemporary Palestinian-American legal scholar
F
- Najwa Kawar Farah (born 1923), educator, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, novelist
- Leila Farsakh (born 1967), non-fiction writer, educator
G
- Asma al-Ghul (born 1982), journalist
H
- Suheir Hammad (born 1973), Palestinian-American poet, non-fiction writer
- Nadia Hijab (fl. 1988), Syrian-born Palestinian analyst, journalist, living in the United States
- Huzama Habayeb (born 1965), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, columnist, poet, and translator
J
- Annemarie Jacir (born 1974), filmmaker, poet
- Salma Jayyusi (born c.1926), Jordanian-Palestinian poet, translator
- Rula Jebreal (born 1973), journalist, novelist, screenwriter
K
- Ghada Karmi (born 1939), doctor of medicine, non-fiction writer, columnist
- Sahar Khalifeh (born 1942), novelist, feminist
- Dima Khatib (born 1971), journalist
M
- Jean Said Makdisi (born 1940), autobiographical writer
S
- Rosemarie Said Zahlan (1937–2006), Palestinian-American historian, essayist, non-fiction writer
- Serene Husseini Shahid (1920–2008), embroidery project leader, non-fiction writer
- Deema Shehabi (born 1970), Palestinian-American poet
T
- Raymonda Tawil (born 1940), journalist, poet
- Fadwa Touqan (1917–2003), acclaimed poet, autobiographer
Z
- May Ziadeh (1886–1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, journalist, salonist, translator