List of Palestinian women writers
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 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 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