List of Tunisian women writers

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

A

 * Ines Abassi (born 1982), poet, journalist
 * Faouzia Aloui (born 1958), poet, novelist
 * Hind Azouz (1926–2015), short story writer, essayist

B

 * Hélé Béji (born 1948), novelist, essayist
 * Souhayr Belhassen (born 1943), journalist, women's rights activist
 * Essma Ben Hamida (born 1951), journalist, entrepreneur
 * Néjia Ben Mabrouk (born 1949), screenwriter
 * Lina Ben Mhenni (1983–2020), linguist, activist, writer and blogger
 * Sihem Bensedrine (born 1950), journalist, human rights activist
 * Sophie Bessis (born 1947), Tunisian-born French historian and feminist
 * Noura Borsali (1953–2017), journalist, writer and feminist
 * Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954), novelist, short story writer
 * Dorra Bouzid (born 1933), journalist, art critic and feminist

C

 * Aïcha Chaibi, novelist
 * Amira Charfeddine (fl. 2019), novelist
 * Djemâa Chraïti (born 1960), writer
 * Rachida el-Charni (born 1967), short story writer and novelist
 * Mounira M. Charrad (born 1942), Franco-Tunisian sociologist active in the United States

E

 * Fadela Echebbi (born 1946), poet
 * Sophie el Goulli (1931–2015), poet, novelist, historian

F

 * Faten Fazaâ, novelist

G

 * Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015), writer and art historian
 * Amel Grami, academic, writer, and women's rights activist
 * Nidhal Guiga (born 1975), actress, playwright, screen writer and film director

H

 * Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020), feminist writer, lawyer
 * Fethia Hechmi (born 1955), poet and novelist

K

 * Sabiha Khemir (born 1959), novelist, non-fiction writer, illustrator, artist

L

 * Meherzia Labidi Maïza (1963–2021), politician, translator and writer
 * Latifa Lakhdar (born 1956), historian and politician
 * Dalenda Larguèche (born 1953), historian and women's rights activist

M

 * Sonia Mabrouk (born 1977), Tunisian-born French journalist and author
 * Lamia Makaddam (born 1971), poet, journalist and translator
 * Boutheina Jabnoun Marai, contemporary journalist, magazine publisher
 * Samar Samir Mezghanni (born 1988), Arabic-language children's writer
 * Nabiha Ben Miled (1919–2009), feminist and social justice advocate
 * Emna Mizouni (fl. since 2013), journalist, communications expert, Wikimedian of the Year 2019
 * Amel Mokhtar (born 1964), journalist and novelist
 * Amel Moussa (fl. 1990s), poet

P

 * Perpetua (died 203), writer of a prison diary from Carthage, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity

R

 * Naziha Réjiba, journalist, founded the online journal Kalima in 2000

S

 * Amina Said (born 1953), French-language poet, short story writer, essayist

T

 * Alia Tabaï (born 1961), novelist
 * Najiya Thamir (1926–1988), essayist, short story writer, playwright, novelist, women's rights activist

Z

 * Fawzia Zouari (born 1955), writer and journalist