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.A
- Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestinian-Finnish journalist, columnist, novelist
- Lama Abu-Odeh, Palestinian-American educator, non-fiction writer
- Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian-American best selling novelist, human rights activist, author of Mornings in Jenin
- Samira Azzam, short story writer, broadcaster, translator, political activist
B
- Liana Badr, novelist, short story writer
- Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian-American memoirist, poet, educator, author of Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
D
- Selma Dabbagh, British-Palestinian short story writer, novelist, playwright with a strong focus on Palestine
E
- Laila el-Haddad, Kuwaiti-born Palestinian journalist, non-fiction writer
- Noura Erakat, contemporary Palestinian-American legal scholar
F
- Najwa Kawar Farah, educator, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, novelist
- Leila Farsakh, non-fiction writer, educator
G
- Asma al-Ghul, journalist
H
- Suheir Hammad, Palestinian-American poet, non-fiction writer
- Nadia Hijab, Syrian-born Palestinian analyst, journalist, living in the United States
- Huzama Habayeb, Kuwaiti-born Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, columnist, poet, and translator
J
- Annemarie Jacir, filmmaker, poet
- Salma Jayyusi, Jordanian-Palestinian poet, translator
- Rula Jebreal, journalist, novelist, screenwriter
K
- Ghada Karmi, doctor of medicine, non-fiction writer, columnist
- Sahar Khalifeh, novelist, feminist
- Dima Khatib, journalist
M
- Jean Said Makdisi, autobiographical writer
S
- Rosemarie Said Zahlan, Palestinian-American historian, essayist, non-fiction writer
- Serene Husseini Shahid, embroidery project leader, non-fiction writer
- Deema Shehabi, Palestinian-American poet
T
- Raymonda Tawil, journalist, poet
- Fadwa Touqan, acclaimed poet, autobiographer
Z
- May Ziadeh, Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, journalist, salonist, translator
