Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
is a Palestinian writer, poet, and editor from Gaza, and a 19-year-old English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through her writing, she amplifies Gaza’s voice and brings to light stories that are too often left untold. She is a writer for We Are Not Numbers (WANN) and has collaborated with, and had her work featured in, leading international platforms such as The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, The Palestine Chronicle, The Markaz Review, Middle East Monitor, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye, The Massachusetts Review, the Institute for Palestine Studies, Prism, The New Arab, The Intercept, Truthout, Politics Today, The Nation, ArabLit Quarterly (Magazine), and Social Text. Taqwa also serves as an editor for Baladi Magazine, where her poetry has been published, as well as in Opol, combining her passion for both writing and editing to elevate voices that need to be heard.
