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 have collaborated with, and had my work featured in, leading international platforms, including Al Jazeera English, The Intercept, The Nation, Truthout, Middle East Eye, The New Arab, Middle East Monitor, Mondoweiss, The Markaz Review, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, The Electronic Intifada, The Palestine Chronicle, Institute for Palestine Studies, Prism, Politics Today, Social Text, The Massachusetts Review, ArabLit Quarterly, Baladi Magazine, and Opol, I am a 2025 Poetry of the Camps–Gaza Fellow through Illuminated Cities. 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.