# List of Egyptian writers

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
This is a list of Egyptian writers.

## A

* Abaza family
* Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
* Aziz Pasha Abaza (1898–1973)
* Tharwat Abaza (1927–2002)
* Duaa Abdelrahman (1979–)
* Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938–2015)
* Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955)
* Yasser Abdel Hafez (1969– )
* Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (1946– )
* Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919–1990)
* Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981)
* Hamdy Abowgliel
* Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009)
* Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), also connected with South Africa
* Leila Ahmed (1940– )
* Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
* Jamila al-'Alayili (1907–1991)
* Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
* Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
* Ahmed Alaidy (1974– )
* Idris Ali (1940–2010)
* Karim Alrawi
* Samir Amin (1931–2018)
* Gaber Asfour (1944–2021)
* Radwa Ashour (1946–2014)
* Alaa Al Aswany (1957– )
* Abdel Rahim Ahmed

## B

* Hala el Badry
* Kerolos Bahgat
* Salwa Bakr
* Sherin Hanaey
* Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
* Siham Bayoumi

## C

* Constantine Cavafy
* Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist

## D

* Doha Assy

## E

* Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969)
* Mohammad Elsannour
* Mansoura Ez Eldin
* Radwa El Aswad

## F

* Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
* Fawziya Mahran (1931–2019)
* Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)

## G

* Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor
* Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
* Sayed Gouda
* Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
* Moawad GadElrab

## H

* Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
* Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright
* Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), short-story writer, novelist, critic
* Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
* Ihab Husni (1966– )
* Taha Hussein (1889–1973)

## I

* Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
* Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
* Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)

## J

* Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)

## K

* Ahmed Kafafi
* Ezzat el Kamhawi
* Lutis Abd Al Karim
* Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948– )
* Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
* Out el Kouloub

## M

* Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Mustafa Mahmud (1921–2009)
* Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993)
* Abd Al Rasheed Al Sadiq Mahmmudi
* Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
* Ahmad Al Mallawani
* Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
* Ibrahim al-Mazini
* Iman Mersal
* Ahmed Mourad
* Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
* Ra'ouf Mus'ad

## N

* Noor Naga
* Mohamed Nagui
* Nicos Nicolaides
* Naguib Mahfouz

## Q

* Rawhiya al-Qallini
* Abdel Hakim Qasem
* Sayyid Qutb
* Abd al-Qadir Qitt

## R

* Somaya Ramadan (1951– )
* Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)

## S

* Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931–2021), feminist writer and activist
* Mekkawi Said (1956–2017), novelist and short story writer
* Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author
* Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015), short story writer, novelist and translator
* Muhammad Jamal Saqr (1966– ), poet
* Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011), novelist and author
* Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932), poet laureate
* Gilbert Sinoué (1947– ), guitarist and author
* Laila Soliman (1981– ), playwright
* Ahdaf Soueif (1950– ), novelist and political and cultural commentator

## T

* Miral al-Tahawy
* Bahaa Taher
* Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018)
* Sahar Tawfiq
* Sherin Hanaey
* Aisha Taymur
* May Telmissany
* Munira Thabit (1902–1967), first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
* Affaf Tobbala (1941– )
* Ahmad Khaled Towfeq

## V

* Mireille Vincendon (1910– ), French-language poet and writer

## Z

* Amina Zaydan (1966– )
* May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
* Youssef Ziedan (1958– )