Yousif Ahmed Khalaf is a translator from Iraq who is now based in New York. He has translated for the Washington Group Corp. in Iraq and was a cultural advisor and translator for the U.S. Army and local citizens of Iraq for more than three years. Khalaf has also worked with CPATT Instructors and local Iraqi trainees at Q-West IPA (Iraqi Police Academy), translating documents and rosters. He received his BA in English from Baghdad University in 2005.