Kiana Hayeri is an award-winning Iranian-Canadian photographer whose work explores themes of migration, adolescence, identity, and sexuality in war-torn countries. She has self-published two photobooks: When Cages Fly (2024) and No Woman’s Land (2025).
Kiana is a TED Fellow, a National Geographic Explorer grantee, and a regular contributor to The New York Times. She is currently based in Sarajevo, covering stories from Afghanistan — where she lived for eight years — to Syria, the Balkans, and beyond.