Writers from Beirut

Mia Khalifa is a Lebanese-American media personality and former pornographic film actress. In 2014, she performed in a controversial porn scene featuring a hijab, which drew global attention. The scene made Khalifa immensely popular but also drew backlash.

Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances

Amal Clooney is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer. She has represented several high-profile clients, including former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021)

Contemporary Lebanese novelist, critic publisher (1948–2024)

Lebanese writer

Lebanese poet, journalist and activist

Lebanese playwright and poet (1905–1989)

Sanchuniathon (; , or ; probably from , "Sakkun has given", variant šknytn), also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, was a Phoenician author. His three works, originally written in the Phoenician language, survive only in partial paraphrase and a summary of a Greek translation by Philo of Byblos recorded by the Christian bishop Eusebius. These few fragments comprise the most extended literary source concerning Phoenician religion in either Greek or Latin: Phoenician sources, along with all of Phoenician literature, were lost with the parchment on which they were written.

Ottoman philologist, poet and journalist (1847–1906)

Canadian writer

French filmmaker (1953–2017)

French-Lebanese journalist

Lebanese translator

German poet (1845–1909)

Lebanese author

Palestinian poet

Lebanese-American painter and writer

Lebanese French lawyer and writer

Lebanon-born investment banker, screenwriter, illustrator and author (1960-), mostly in US from 1975 and in the UK

American film director

Academic, writer, historian, researcher

Italian journalist, writer and broadcaster

Lebanese journalist, writer and politician (1926–2012)

Palestinian journalist and writer (1935–2012)

French journalist (1948–2018)

Lebanese novelist and journalist, noted for her pioneering role in women's Arabic literature

British-Lebanese journalist

Armenian writer

Lebanese writer

French-Egyptian film director

poet, writer and Lebanese diplomat (1929–2020)

Armenian actor and comedian

novelist

Lebanese writer, university teacher and columnist

Armenian writer (1914-1986)

Lebanese writer (1923–2008)

author

Palestinian poet

Armenian Swiss scholar in Armenian history

Lebanese writer and teacher

American academic

Lebanese/American political scientist (born 1954)

Lebanese writer

Arab American journalist

Lebanese writer and academic

Lebanese playwright

Canadian-American political scientist

lebanese-American food personality

American historian, professor, and scholar

Saudi-American businesswoman and actress

Lebanese polymath, Philanthropist, writer, poet, scholar, historian of the Arab Press, dignitary of the Syriac Catholic community and founder of the Great Library of Beirut (1865–1956)

British children's writer

German actress and writer