This is a list of women writers who were born in Palestine or whose writings are closely associated with that region.
A Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-Finnish journalist, columnist, novelist Hiba Abu Nada (1991–2023), Palestinian poet and novelist Lama Abu-Odeh (born 1962), Palestinian-American educator, non-fiction writer Refqa Abu-Remaileh (fl 2000s), academic and non-fiction writer Susan Abulhawa (born 1970), Palestinian-American best selling novelist, human rights activist, author of Mornings in Jenin Soraya Antonius (1932–2017), Palestinian writer, filmmaker, curator, journalist Samira Azzam (1927–1967), short story writer, broadcaster, translator, political activist
B Liana Badr (born 1950), novelist, short story writer Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian-American memoirist, poet, educator, author of Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood (2007)
D Selma Dabbagh (born 1970), British-Palestinian short story writer, novelist, playwright with a strong focus on Palestine
E Laila el-Haddad (born 1978), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian journalist, non-fiction writer Noura Erakat, contemporary Palestinian-American legal scholar
F Najwa Kawar Farah (1923–2015), educator, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, novelist Leila Farsakh (born 1967), non-fiction writer, educator
G Asma al-Ghul (born 1982), journalist
H Nejmeh Khalil Habib (born 1946), novelist and non-fiction writer Salha Hamadin Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Suheir Hammad (born 1973), Palestinian-American poet, non-fiction writer Sheikha Helawy (born 1968), Arabic short story writer and poet Nadia Hijab (fl. 1988), Syrian-born Palestinian analyst, journalist, living in the United States Huzama Habayeb (born 1965), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, columnist, poet, and translator
J Annemarie Jacir (born 1974), filmmaker, poet Salma Jayyusi (1925–2023), Jordanian-Palestinian poet, translator Rula Jebreal (born 1973), journalist, novelist, screenwriter
K Ghada Karmi (born 1939), doctor of medicine, non-fiction writer, columnist Sahar Khalifeh (born 1942), novelist, feminist Dima Khatib (born 1971), journalist
M Jean Said Makdisi (born 1940), autobiographical writer Thurayyā Malḥas (1925–2013), poet and writer Amal Mansour (1950–2018), translator and writer
R Rawda Al-Farkh Al-Hudhud (born 1946), Palestinian-Jordanian writer
S Rosemarie Said Zahlan (1937–2006), Palestinian-American historian, essayist, non-fiction writer Serene Husseini Shahid (1920–2008), embroidery project leader, non-fiction writer Deema Shehabi (born 1970), Palestinian-American poet
T Raymonda Tawil (born 1940), journalist, poet Fadwa Touqan (1917–2003), poet, autobiographer
Z May Ziadeh (1886–1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, journalist, salonist, translator
See also List of women writers
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