Maya Alleruzzo is an American photojournalist based in Portland, Oregon focused on trauma, gender and the humanitarian impact of conflict. After two decades living and working in the Middle East, she has worked extensively in Iraq, documenting U.S. forces and then the Islamic State group’s destructive legacy in Iraq and Syria. Her work has been recognised in the World Press Photo contest, the Royal Television Society, the Overseas Press Club and the Edward R. Murrow Awards, among others. Her work on Yazidi women who survived Islamic State captivity was exhibited in 2022 at The Hague as part of an exhibition by the Farida Global Organization.
