List of Lebanese women writers explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alumna Youmna Chlala Awarded 2009 Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award . January 29, 2010 . California College of the Arts . May 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611101811/https://www.cca.edu/news/2010/01/27/alumna-youmna-chlala-awarded-2009-joseph-henry-jackson-literary-award . June 11, 2016 . dead .