List of Palestinian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Palestine or whose writings are closely associated with that region.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-Finnish journalist, columnist, novelist
• Hiba Abu Nada (1991-2023), Palestinian poet and novelist
• Lama Abu-Odeh (born 1962), Palestinian-American educator, non-fiction writer
• Refqa Abu-Remaileh (fl 2000s), academic and 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 (1923–2015), 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

• Nejmeh Khalil Habib (born 1946), novelist and non-fiction writer
• Salha Hamadin Hans Christian Andersen Award winner
• Suheir Hammad (born 1973), Palestinian-American poet, non-fiction writer
• Sheikha Helawy (born 1968), Arabic short story writer and poet
• 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
• Thurayyā Malḥas (1925–2013), poet and writer
• Amal Mansour (1950–2018), translator and writer

R

• Rawda Al-Farkh Al-Hudhud (born 1946), Palestinian-Jordanian 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), poet, autobiographer

Z

• May Ziadeh (1886–1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, journalist, salonist, translator

See also

• List of women writers

References