Salwa
Salwa, an Arabic name meaning "quail", may refer to:
People
- Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan
- Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader, Lebanese-American peace activist
- Salwa al-Jassar, Kuwaiti politician
- Salwa Al Katrib (1953–2009), Lebanese singer
- Salwa Bakr (born 1949), Egyptian author and critic
- Salwa Bughaighis (1964–2014), Libyan human rights and political activist
- Salwa Eid Naser (born 1998), Bahraini track sprinter
- Salwa El-Deghali, Libyan academic
- Salwa Zeidan, Lebanese artist
Places
- Salwa, Kuwait, an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait.
- Salwa Kingdom, an ancient Indian kingdom in the Mahabharata
Other uses
- LORAN-C transmitter Salwa
- Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh, India
See also
- Gulf of Salwah, the southern portion of the Gulf of Bahrain
- Salwah, a village in Idlib Governorate, Syria
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