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

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

K

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

L

M

P

R

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

See also

References

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Lists of women writers by nationality