Salwa, an Arabic name meaning "solace", may refer to:

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Princess Salwa Aga Khan Princess Salwa Aga Khan (née Kendra Irene Spears; born August 5, 1988) is an American fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2008, participating in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World and walking in New York Fashion Week. She ha ...

(born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan *

Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader is the co-founder and president of the International Federation for Peace & Sustainable Development (formerly USFMEP), a bipartisan, non-profit and non-governmental organization, which has seventeen chapters around t ...

, Lebanese-American peace activist *

Salwa Abdullah Salwa Abdullah (born 1953) is a Syrian doctor and politician who was Minister of Social Affairs and Labour in the First Hussein Arnous government The first government of Hussein Arnous was formed on 30 August 2020 and took the oath of office ...

(born 1953), Syrian politician *

Salwa El-Awa Salwa El-Awa is an Egyptian-British linguist and Islamic scholar. She is currently a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Swansea University. Academic career El-Awa's academic interests include Arabic linguistics, modern linguistic analysis o ...

, British academic *

Salwa al-Jassar Doctor Salwa al-Jassar was one of four women elected to the National Assembly of Kuwait in the 2009 legislative election. al-Jassar is the Chief of Center for Empowering Women and ran as an independent candidate. al-Jassar obtained a Bachelor's deg ...

, Kuwaiti politician * Salwa Al Katrib (1953–2009), Lebanese singer *

Salwa Al Neimi Salwa Al Neimi, also Salwa al-Nuʿaymī ( ar, سلوى النعيمي) is a Syrian writer, poet and journalist living in France. Originally from Damascus, she is known for her outspoken views on topics which are taboo in the Muslim world, particul ...

, Syrian writer and feminist *

Salwa Bakr Salwa Bakr (born 1949) is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author. Profile of the Egyptian Writer Salwa Bakr She was born in the Matariyya district in Cairo in 1949. Her father was a railway worker. She studied business at Ain Shams University, ...

(born 1949), Egyptian author and critic *

Salwa Bughaighis Salwa Bugaighis (24 April 1963 – 25 June 2014) was a Libyan human rights and political activist. She was assassinated in Benghazi, Libya on 25 June 2014. Life and career Bugaighis was from a prominent Benghazi family and trained as a lawyer ...

(1964–2014), Libyan human rights and political activist *

Salwa Eid Naser Salwa Eid Naser (née Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, born 23 May 1998) is a Nigerian-born Bahraini Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She was the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, 2019 World champion with the 400 metres# ...

(born 1998), Bahraini track sprinter * Salwa El-Deghali, Libyan academic *

Salwa Toko Salwa Toko (born October 1975) is a diversity and digital literacy activist. She is President of the Conseil National du Numérique (CNNum). Early life and education Toko was born in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Her mother is of Moroccan an ...

(born 1975), French diversity and digital literacy activist *

Salwa Zeidan Salwa Zeidan is a Lebanese artist, sculptor, and curator. Life Zeidan was born in Bekaa Valley The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no, وادي البقاع, ', Lebanese ), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa and known in classi ...

, Lebanese artist

Places

Salwa, Kuwait Salwa ( ar, سلوى) is an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait City, Kuwait, bordering Rumaithiya to the north, Bayan and Mishref to the west, Messila to the south and the Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, transli ...

, an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait *

Salwa Kingdom Salwa (also written as Śalva

halva Halva (also halvah, halwa, and other spellings, Persian : حلوا) is a type of confectionery originating from Persia and widely spread throughout the Middle East. The name is used for a broad variety of recipes, generally a thick paste made f ...

is a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the Epic poetry, epic Mahabharata. It was close to Madra Kingdom as both are mentioned together in many places. Saubha was its capital. Martikavati (alias Ma ...

, 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

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LORAN-C transmitter Salwa LORAN-C transmitter Salwa is the Whiskey secondary of the Saudi Arabia South LORAN-C Chain ( GRI 7030) and the Whiskey secondary of the Saudi Arabia North LORAN-C Loran-C is a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allows a receiver to dete ...

Salwa Canal The Salwa Canal was a proposed shipping route and tourism project through Saudi Arabia along its border with Qatar, effectively turning the latter into an island. The project appears to be abandoned for the present. Background In June 2017, S ...

, proposed shipping route through Saudi Arabia along its border with Qatar *

Salwa Judum Salwa Judum (meaning "peace march" or "purification hunt" in the Gondi language) was a militia that was mobilised and deployed as part of counterinsurgency operations in Chhattisgarh, India, aimed at countering Naxalite violence in the region. ...

, an anti-Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh, India

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