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List of Palestinian women writers

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

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B

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  • 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

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  • Selma Dabbagh (born 1970), British-Palestinian short story writer, novelist, playwright with a strong focus on Palestine

E

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  • Laila el-Haddad (born 1978), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian journalist, non-fiction writer
  • Noura Erakat, contemporary Palestinian-American legal scholar

F

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  • Najwa Kawar Farah (1923–2015), educator, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, novelist
  • Leila Farsakh (born 1967), non-fiction writer, educator

G

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H

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  • 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

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K

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M

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R

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S

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T

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Z

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  • May Ziadeh (1886–1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, journalist, salonist, translator

See also

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