Samia Benameur[1] (born 1950),[2] better known by her pseudonym, Maïssa Bey, is an Algerian educator and writer.

[1] She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria.

[4] Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres.

[1] In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.

In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.