Lutfiya al-Qaba'ili

{{short description|Libyan journalist and short story writer (born 1948)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lutfiya al-Qaba'ili

| native_name = لطيفة القبائلي

| native_name_lang = ar

| birth_date = 1948

| birth_place = Libya

| nationality = Libyan

| occupation = Journalist, short story writer

| education = Al-Fatih University (Geography)

| notable_works = Amani mu'allaba (Canned Hopes)

| years_active = 1960s–present

}}

Lutfiya al-Qaba'ili (born 1948) is a Libyan journalist and short story writer.

Al-Qaba-ili is possessed of a degree in geography from al-Fatih University, and for several years edited al-Bayt magazine; she has continued to work in the media since.{{cite book|author1=Radwa Ashour|author2=Ferial Ghazoul|author3=Hasna Reda-Mekdashi|title=Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRDRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA457|date=1 November 2008|publisher=American University in Cairo Press|isbn=978-977-416-267-1|pages=457–}} Her career as a writer of short fiction began in the mid-1960s, when she found herself writing numerous pieces which she later collected for publication.{{cite book|author=Ahmed Fagih|title=The Libyan Short Story: A Research And Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSeNAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT99|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4691-0039-5|pages=99–}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} Her book Amani mu'allaba (Canned Hopes) was published in Tripoli in 1977.