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
 * 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
 * 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 (born c.1926), 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