Samar Abu Elouf

Samar Abu Elouf (; born ), sometimes romanized as Samar Abu Ouf,

Career Abu Elouf is from Gaza. In 2010, she enrolled in photography classes and taught herself with online tutorials. She began freelance work with Reuters, Middle East Eye, and local magazine Al Ghaidaa. In December 2024, Abu Elouf and Israeli photographer jointly won the UNICEF Photo of the Year award for their portraits of child survivors of the Gaza war and October 7 attacks, 2023, respectively.

In December 2023, she and her children evacuated to Doha in Qatar with assistance from The New York Times. Since leaving Gaza, Abu Elouf's photography has documented the lives of other displaced people. While in Doha, Abu Elouf lived near Mahmoud Ajjour, a child who lost both his arms due to an Israeli airstrike; Elouf took a portrait photograph of Ajjour, with permission from his mother, as part of a news report on people wounded during the war in Gaza receiving medical treatment in Qatar. The picture was recognised as the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year. to ten relatives.

Awards and honours

2023 George Polk Award for Photojournalism, jointly with Yousef Masoud

Personal life Abu Elouf has four children; she and her children are based in Doha, Qatar as of 2024.