Dhafer Youssef (Arabic: ظافر يوسف; born 19 November 1967) is a Tunisian composer, singer and oud player.

[3] He has released nine albums of his own[4] and created notable work with Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu and the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.

[5] He has performed with Ustad Zakir Hussain, Jon Hassell, Uri Caine, Tigran Hamasyan, Markus Stockhausen,[6] Nguyên Lê, Omar Sosa and Hüsnü Şenlendirici.

Youssef is one of the ambassadors to Music Traveler, together with Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer, John Malkovich, Sean Lennon, Adrien Brody and more.

[7] Dhafer Youssef released "Sounds of Mirrors" in 2018 with the participation of Zakir Hussain on tabla,Hüsnü Şenlendirici on the clarinet and Eivind Aarset on the guitar.