List of Moroccan women writers

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

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

• Leila Abouzeid (born 1950), Arabic-language novelist
• Mririda n’Ait Attik (1900–1940s), poet in Tashelhit, translated into French

B

• Latifa Baka (born 1964), novelist, short story writer
• Muriel Barbery (born 1969), Moroccan-born French novelist, educator
• Hafsa Bekri (born 1948), poet, short story writer, feminist writer
• Siham Benchekroun, since 1999, novelist, poet, short story writer
• Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957), poet, essayist, novelist
• Esther Bendahan (born 1964), Moroccan-born Spanish non-fiction writer, novelist
• Khnata Bennouna (born 1940), novelist, short story writer

C

• Nadia Chafik (born 1962), novelist, non-fiction writer, educator
• Aïcha Chenna (1941–2022), non-fiction writer

D

• Zakya Daoud (born 1937 as Jacqueline Loghlam), French-born Moroccan journalist, magazine editor, non-fiction writer
• Farida Diouri (1953–2004), novelist
• Yvette Duval (1931–2006), Moroccan-born French historian specializing in ancient North Africa

F

• Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007), journalist, playwright, novelist

G

• Soumya Naâmane Guessous, since 1990, best selling non-fiction writer, sociologist, educator

H

• Mouna Hachim (born 1967), journalist, fiction and non-fiction writer

K

• Maguy Kakon (born 1953), non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
• Rita El Khayat (born 1944), psychiatrist, publisher, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
• Khnata bent Bakkar (1668–1754), princess consort, biographer, letter writer

L

• Leila Lahlou, author of the novel Do Not Forget God (1987)
• Laila Lalami (born 1968), Moroccan-American novelist, essayist
• Wafaa Lamrani (born 1960), poet

M

• Saida Menebhi (1952–1977), poet, Marxist activist
• Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015), feminist writer, sociologist
• Malika Mezzane (born 1960), poet and novelist
• Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006), feminist writer

N

• Mririda n’Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1930s), Tashelhit language poet

O

• Malika Oufkir (born 1953), memoirist, author of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
• Touria Oulehri (1926–2011), novelist, critic

R

• Fouzia Rhissassi (born 1947), educators, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
• Najima Rhozali (born 1960), non-fiction writer, politician

S

• Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992), children's writer
• Hourya Benis Sinaceur (born 1940), philosopher, non-fiction writer

T

• Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1966), novelist, journalist, magazine editor

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Moroccan writers