Samar Abu Elouf

Photographer Freelance photojournalist based in Gaza James Foley Award 2021 &The #WPPh2025 Award contributor to @nytimes Member @womenphotograph @MarieColvinNet

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

For Gaza ♥️🥹

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

@celstialbody @EV3_art @exchgART Is it work done without my permission using my works?!

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

Please do not engage with any account other than my official one.
I am in no way responsible for any fraudulent activity.

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

I do not have any other accounts on @XMENA
I have never asked for or collected money from anyone, and I would never do such a thing.
I have no idea who is creating countless fake accounts using my name and photos.

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

I am not responsible for any scam carried out by impersonators using my name and pictures.
I have also reported these fake accounts multiple times but they haven’t been taken down.

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

انا غير مسؤولة عن اي عملية نصب منتحلة نفس الاسم والصور
حسبي الله بس
ومش عارفة اوثق الحسابات حاولت كتير ما زبط معي
وقدمت بلاغات كتير ع الحسابات ما تسكرت
ارجو عدم التعامل مع اي حساب غير حسابي الاساسي
انا غير مسؤولة نهائيا 💔💔😔
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[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

انا ما عندي اي حساب على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي تاني
ما طلبت ولا جمعت من حد فلوس ومستحيل اعملها
ومش عارفة مين اللي عامل المليون الف حساب باسمي
وحاطط نفس الصور
وبيبعت يطلب فلوس من الناس تحت اسمي
اكتر من رسالة وصلتني
انه الحسابات بتطلب فلوس منهم
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[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

Proud to have received the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year for my photo of “Mahmoud Ajjour, aged nine,”after an Israeli attack on Gaza, taken for The New York Times. The award was handed to me by Prince Constantijn in Amsterdam. The exhibition will tour 60+ cities worldwide.

[The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @MarieColvinNet]

في هذا الحوار الخاص مع شبكة ماري كولفن للصحفيات، تتحدث الصحفية وعضوة الشبكة من #غزة، سمر أبو العوف @samarabuelouf، عن مشاعرها بعد فوزها بجائزة @WorldPressPhoto لعام 2025، عن صورةٍ للطفل الفلسطيني محمود عجّور، الذي بُترت ذراعاه جراء قصف إسرائيلي.
رابط الحوار كاملًا في أول تعليق ⤵️

[The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @MarieColvinNet]

@samarabuelouf @WorldPressPhoto سمر أبو العوف عن فوزها بجائزة "وورلد بريس فوتو" لعام 2025 🔗

https://t.co/NoH7gNBGux

[World Press Photo @WorldPressPhoto]

The World Press Photo Yearbook 2025, our annual collectible publication presenting the award-winning photographs and stories of the 68th annual World Press Photo Contest, is now available to pre-order: https://t.co/rJ4ar7E7RA

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

https://t.co/l1LvO3GvSE

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

مشواري في التصوير كان شاق، وقلبي مثقل بالوجع، التقطتُ صورة من قلب الجرح في غزة… فبكيت قبل أن أفوز. لم تكن صورة فقط، كانت وجع وطن. فازت الصورة، لكن الأهم: "إن الرسالة وصلت"٠
أنا من غزة… وهذا وجهي ووجعي.

Samar 💔

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

So many messages everywhere –
through email, WhatsApp, and social media.
I sincerely apologize for not being able to respond to everyone.

I truly appreciate all of this and am deeply grateful for your concern, but I need some time

🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

We want our families and loved ones to stay safe.
That Ihab, along with all the colleagues and the wounded, be able to travel and receive treatment.

We’ve already lost too many.

Samar Abu Elouf

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[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

I always have, and still do, wish to capture the photo that would stop this war —
that would stop the killing, the death, the starvation.
And I still wish for it.
But if our photos can’t stop all this tragedy and horror, then what is the value of a photo?
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[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

What is the image you’re waiting to see in order to understand what’s happening inside Gaza?
Mahmoud is just a part of what’s happening there — to the children, the massive and terrifying amputations.
“Stop the war, enough is enough.”
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[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

At an exhibition in Amsterdam, a long poster lists the names of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza. Standing before it is heartbreaking. Every loss hurts deeply. May God have mercy on them, heal the wounded, and spare us further grief.

[Samar Abu Elouf @samarabuelouf]

OPC Award 🙏🏻@nytimes
@opcofamerica

[Overseas Press Club @opcofamerica]

Congratulations to @samarabuelouf of the @nytimes for winning the Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic news reporting from abroad in any medium, for coverage of Gaza. Watch the acceptance speech here: https://t.co/PMoYMiVhYG #OPCAwards86