Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

I'm Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, a Palestinian writer, poet, and editor from Gaza, and a 19-year-old English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through my writing, I aim to amplify Gaza’s voice and bring to light stories that are too often left untold.

I am a writer for We Are Not Numbers (WANN), and I have collaborated with, and had my 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. I also serve as an editor for Baladi Magazine, where my poetry has been published, as well as in Opol, combining my passion for both writing and editing to elevate voices that need to be heard.