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.

A

• Etel Adnan (born 1925), 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

H

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

J

• Nada Awar Jarrar, since 2003: novelist, author of Somewhere, home

K

• Anbara Salam Khalidy (1897–1986), feminist, memoirist, translator
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), novelist, poet

M

• Rima Maktabi (born 1977), journalist, television reporter
• Fatin al-Murr (born 1969), Arabic-language short story writer, novelist

N

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

Q

• Najwa Qassem, contemporary journalist, television reporter since 1993

S

• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991), short story writer, novelist, critic
• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945), journalist, novelist, author of Women of Sand and Myrrh
• Alawiya Sobh (born 1955), novelist, magazine editor

T

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

Z

• Maya Zankoul (born 1986), artist, cartoonist, best selling novelist
• Zaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914), poet, novelist, journalist, biographer
• May Ziade (1886–1941), prolific poet, essayist, columnist, translator

See also

• List of women writers

References