Salwa
Salwa is an Arabic word meaning "solace". It may refer to:
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People
- Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian politician
- Salwa El-Awa, British academic
- Salwa Bakr (born 1949), Egyptian author and critic
- Salwa Bughaighis (1964–2014), Libyan human rights and political activist
- Salwa El-Deghali, Libyan academic
- Salwa Fallouh (1920–2008), Syrian painter and illustrator
- Salwa al-Jassar, Kuwaiti politician
- Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader, Lebanese-American peace activist
- Salwa Al Katrib (1953–2009), Lebanese singer
- Salwa Abu Khadra (born 1929), Palestinian politician and educator
- Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan
- Salwa Eid Naser (born 1998), Bahraini track sprinter
- Salwa Al Neimi, Syrian writer and feminist
- Salwa Toko (born 1975), French diversity and digital literacy activist
- Salwa Zeidan, Lebanese artist
Places
- Salwa, Kuwait, an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait
- Salwa Kingdom, an ancient Indian kingdom in the Mahabharata
- Salwa, Saudi Arabia, a settlement at the southwest corner of the Gulf of Salwah, endpoint of the Salwa Highway
Other uses
- LORAN-C transmitter Salwa
- Salwa Canal, proposed shipping route through Saudi Arabia along its border with Qatar
- Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh, India
See also
- Gulf of Salwah, the southern portion of the Gulf of Bahrain
- Salva (disambiguation)
- Salwah, a village in Idlib Governorate, Syria
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