Shawa is a village in the Lower Dir District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shawa may also refer to:

Amjad Shawa (born 1971), Palestinian humanitarian and human rights advocate Godfrey Shawa, Malawian politician Laila Shawa (1940–2022), Palestinian visual artist MacJones Mandala Shawa, Malawian politician and educator Mary Shawa, Malawian public official Rashad Shawa, namesake of the Rashad Shawa Cultural Center built in 1985, in Rimal, Gaza, Palestine Rawya Shawa (1944–2017), Palestinian journalist and politician Sami Shawa (1887–1960), Syrian violinist

See also Abbie Shaba, sometimes transliterated as Shawa Shawia (disambiguation)