Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a 19-year-old writer and poet from Gaza, currently a second-year English Literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. As an emerging literary voice, she is dedicated to amplifying Gaza’s stories through her writing. In addition to contributing to We Are Not Numbers (WANN), her work has appeared in prominent outlets including The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, The Palestine Chronicle, The Markaz Review, Middle East Monitor, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and The Massachusetts Review. Her poetry has also been published by the Gaza Poets Society.

Alone but Unbroken: Gaza’s Cry Against Silence

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, Ahmed Header Ashour

They left Gaza alone to face the beast,The whole world watched, but spoke in feasts—Of empty words and cold condemnations,No action born from their declarations. The Nation whispered but never …