List of Lebanese women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Lebanon 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

• Etel Adnan (1925–2021), Lebanese-American poet, essayist, artist, writing in English, French and Arabic
• Ezza Agha Malak (born 1942), acclaimed French-language novelist, poet
• Suzanne Alaywan (born 1974), poet, artist

B

• Sahar Baassiri, since 1981: journalist, non-fiction writer
• Layla Balabakki (born 1936), novelist, journalist, feminist
• Hoda Barakat (born 1952), widely translated Arabic-language novelist, author of The Stone of Laughter
• Najwa Barakat (born 1966), novelist

C

• Tracy Chamoun (born 1962), politician, non-fiction writer, memoirist
• Youmna Chlala, writer, artist ^[1]
• Amal Clooney (born 1978), Lebanese-born British lawyer, non-fiction writer

D

• Raghida Dergham (born 1953), Lebanese-American journalist

F

• Emily Fares Ibrahim (born 1914), Lebanese-American writer, poet and feminist
• Zaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914), poet, novelist, journalist, biographer

H

• Joumana Haddad (born 1970), widely translated Arabic-language poet, translator, journalist, women's rights activist
• Nimat Hamoush, novelist, short story writer
• Renée Hayek, contemporary novelist, short story writer

J

• Inaya Jaber (1958–2021), poet, short story writer, journalist, artist and singer
• Nada Awar Jarrar, since 2003: novelist, author of Somewhere, home

K

• Anbara Salam Khalidy (1897–1986), feminist, memoirist, translator
• Tara Khattar (born 1993), chef and food writer
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), novelist, poet

• Rima Maktabi (born 1977), journalist, television reporter
• Jacqueline Massabki (died 2015), novelist and lawyer
• Fatin al-Murr (born 1969), Arabic-language short story writer, novelist
• Diane Mazloum (born 1980), French-Lebanese writer

N

• Layal Najib (c.1983–2006), photojournalist, killed during the 2006 Lebanon War
• Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018), novelist, journalist, short story writer, women's rights activist
• Octavia Nasr (born 1966), journalist, CNN reporter

Q

• Najwa Qassem (1967–2020), contemporary journalist, television reporter since 1993

R

• Salima Abi Rashed (1887–1919), journalist

S

• Dalal Khalil Safadi (1898–1876), short story writer, translator
• Nadia Sahari (born 1968), Lebanese-American writer, actress and businesswoman
• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991), short story writer, novelist, critic
• Afifa Al Shartouni (1886–1906) writer, poet
• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945), journalist, novelist, author of Women of Sand and Myrrh
• Alawiya Sobh (born 1955), novelist, magazine editor
• Nazik Saba Yared (born 1928), novelist, academic
• Nur Salman (born 1937), writer

T

• Sahar Taha (born 1963), musician, singer, journalist
• Nadia Tueni (1935–1983), French-language poet

U

• Layla ʽUssayran (1934–2007), novelist

Z

• Maya Zankoul (born 1986), artist, cartoonist, best selling novelist
• May Ziadeh (1886–1941), prolific poet, essayist, columnist, translator

See also

• List of women writers

References

1. "Alumna Youmna Chlala Awarded 2009 Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award". California College of the Arts. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.