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Yousef Khanfar is an award-winning Palestinian-American photographer and author. He was born in 1956 in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents who fled their homeland after the establishment of the state of Israel. Khanfar began taking photographs at the age of six, when his father gave him his first camera .At the age of 17, Khanfar moved to the United States, and spent the next twenty years travelling the world taking photographs. He currently resides in Oklahoma City. Khanfar's photography has been published widely, including in magazines such as Oprah, International Photo Art, and Outdoor Photography. He has also published two books of his work: 2000's Voices of Light, and 2007's In Search of Peace, recipient of the 2007 IP Outstanding Book of the Year Award.

 Example of Yousef’s photographs.  

One of Khanfar’s favourite portraits is that of his good friend Gene Rainbolt, legendary Oklahoma banker and philanthropist.

“Rainbolt and I have been friends for a long time,” Khanfar said. “He is probably one of the most generous people I have ever met in my entire life. He is constantly raising money for non-profit organizations of all kinds, for the arts, for the youth and the city”