List of Moroccan women writers

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

A

 * Leila Abouzeid (born 1950), Arabic-language novelist
 * Mririda n’Ait Attik (1900–1940s), poet in Tashelhit, translated into French

B

 * Latifa Baka (born 1964), novelist, short story writer
 * Muriel Barbery (born 1969), Moroccan-born French novelist, educator
 * Hafsa Bekri (born 1948), poet, short story writer, feminist writer
 * Siham Benchekroun, since 1999, novelist, poet, short story writer
 * Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957), poet, essayist, novelist
 * Esther Bendahan (born 1964), Moroccan-born Spanish non-fiction writer, novelist
 * Khnata Bennouna (born 1940), novelist, short story writer

C

 * Nadia Chafik (born 1962), novelist, non-fiction writer, educator
 * Aïcha Chenna (1941–2022), non-fiction writer

D

 * Zakya Daoud (born 1937 as Jacqueline Loghlam), French-born Moroccan journalist, magazine editor, non-fiction writer
 * Farida Diouri (1953–2004), novelist
 * Yvette Duval (1931–2006), Moroccan-born French historian specializing in ancient North Africa

F

 * Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007), journalist, playwright, novelist

G

 * Soumya Naâmane Guessous, since 1990, best selling non-fiction writer, sociologist, educator

H

 * Mouna Hachim (born 1967), journalist, fiction and non-fiction writer

K

 * Maguy Kakon (born 1953), non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
 * Rita El Khayat (born 1944), psychiatrist, publisher, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
 * Khnata bent Bakkar (1668–1754), princess consort, biographer, letter writer

L

 * Leila Lahlou, author of the novel Do Not Forget God (1987)
 * Laila Lalami (born 1968), Moroccan-American novelist, essayist
 * Wafaa Lamrani (born 1960), poet

M

 * Saida Menebhi (1952–1977), poet, Marxist activist
 * Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015), feminist writer, sociologist
 * Malika Mezzane (born 1960), poet and novelist
 * Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006), feminist writer

N

 * Mririda n’Ait Attik (c. 1900), Tashelhit language poet

O

 * Malika Oufkir (born 1953), memoirist, author of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
 * Touria Oulehri (1926–2011), novelist, critic

R

 * Fouzia Rhissassi (born 1947), educators, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
 * Najima Rhozali (born 1960), non-fiction writer, politician

S

 * Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992), children's writer
 * Hourya Benis Sinaceur (born 1940), philosopher, non-fiction writer

T

 * Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1966), novelist, journalist, magazine editor