Haider Rafiey has been a professional photographer for nearly 40 years. His very first camera was a Kodak box camera, though he has progressed greatly since then, listing the Nikon and Minolta digital SLRs as his favourites.

His preferred subjects are nature as well as traditional homes in Bahrain.

Haider takes great pride in being able to teach young people the art of photography, and he is a long-standing member of the Bahrain Arts Society.