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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Tunisian writers