He studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and has held teaching positions at The New School in New York and the Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. His installation “The Camera of the Dispossessed” was shown at the 35th Bienal de São Paulo in 2023. Aljafari was also honoured at IndieLisboa 2024 with a full retrospective of his work at the Portuguese Cinematheque, as well as at the Spanish Cinematheque in Madrid in 2025. His feature 'A Fidai Film' (2024) was shown in over a hundred festivals and won 15 international awards. His most recent work, 'With Hasan in Gaza' (2025), premiered in the International Competition at Locarno Film Festival.