Lateefa Buti (Arabic: لطيفة بطي) is a Kuwaiti writer.
She has published many books for children including Hatless, which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2017 in the children's literature category, and was translated into English by Nancy Roberts.
[1] Lateefa Buti has published two short story collections including The Mermaid and My Country, Ininkayo.
Buti has contributed stories to the Kuwaiti magazine Al Arabi Al Sagheer including Salem and Salma and My City Kuwait.
Buti won several awards, including the first place award for Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the State of Kuwait, the second place in the Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the Arab world which was held by the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature in Kuwait in 2013, and won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for category of Children's Literature for her book Hatless in 2017.