Salwa is an Arabic word meaning "solace". It may refer to:
People Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian politician Salwa El-Awa, British academic Salwa Bakr (born 1949), Egyptian author and critic Salwa Bughaighis (1964–2014), Libyan human rights and political activist Salwa El-Deghali, Libyan academic Salwa Fallouh (1920–2008), Syrian painter and illustrator Salwa al-Jassar (born 1957), Kuwaiti politician Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader, Lebanese-American peace activist Salwa Al Katrib (1953–2009), Lebanese singer Salwa Abu Khadra (1929-2024), Palestinian politician and educator Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan Salwa Eid Naser (born 1998), Bahraini track sprinter Salwa Al Neimi, Syrian writer and feminist Salwa Toko (born 1975), French diversity and digital literacy activist Salwa Zeidan, Lebanese artist
Places Salwa, Kuwait, an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait Salwa Kingdom, 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
Other uses LORAN-C transmitter Salwa Salwa Canal, proposed shipping route through Saudi Arabia along its border with Qatar Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh, India
See also Gulf of Salwah, the southern portion of the Gulf of Bahrain Salva (disambiguation) Salwah, a village in Idlib Governorate, Syria