List of Lebanese women writers

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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
• (born 1960), journalist, fiction writer
• 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

• Iman Humaydan, novelist, anthropologist

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
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), novelist, poet

M[]

• 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

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
• 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[]