{"id":14188,"date":"2026-07-31T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/?p=14188"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:35:36","slug":"dr-tagrid-yousef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/dr-tagrid-yousef\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Tagrid Yousef"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14188\" class=\"elementor elementor-14188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e19ffb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e19ffb2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bca3efd\" data-id=\"bca3efd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c94a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5c94a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>Dr. Tagrid Yousef, Dinslaken, Germany, mother of two daughters, neuroscientist\u2014international networker\u2014peace ambassador<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tagrid is an active member of the WWP\/WOS Germany support group and involved in various projects. <img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14190 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260728_210321.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"291\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are events that divide one\u2019s life into two parts: \u201cbefore\u201d and \u201cafter.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 7, 2023, I was in Palestine with my daughter. What had begun as a visit with family and friends turned, within three days, into a situation that shook our lives to the core and changed them forever.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News of the Hamas terrorist attack spread quickly. Fear hung in the air. Streets emptied, checkpoints were reinforced, certainties vanished, and settlers took control of the streets. For my daughter, the situation was terrifying. She was afraid\u2014a fear no child should ever have to experience.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I, too, was afraid.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But as a mother, I had little room to show my own fear. I\u2019ve experienced many situations during my time in Palestine: curfews, military presence in the village, harassment, discrimination at the border and at checkpoints. But this was something I\u2019d never encountered before. My role was different now. I had to provide support, radiate confidence, and try to offer guidance while I myself was searching for orientation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people in our village treated us with great care. They tried to reassure us, even though they themselves didn\u2019t know what the coming days would bring. Many of them knew the reality of uncertainty, restrictions, and sudden changes in daily life better than I did. I will never forget their humanity and their willingness to help.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While other countries began evacuating their citizens, we found ourselves in a difficult situation. The uncertainty about whether and when we would be able to leave weighed heavily on us. As German citizens with a Palestinian identity, we unfortunately were not among the privileged few who were evacuated. Second-class citizens once again! Eventually, with a lot of help from close friends, we managed to leave via Jordan\u2014all of a sudden, without being able to say goodbye.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 10, we arrived in Amman.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even there, the tension didn\u2019t subside. The news from Israel and Palestine kept coming in. Families were separated from one another. People feared for their loved ones. Images of violence, suffering, and destruction were everywhere. We waited for our flight back to Germany while trying to stay in touch with family and friends.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those days changed me.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I returned to Germany, I knew I couldn\u2019t just go back to business as usual. I didn\u2019t want to be just a bystander. I wanted to make a contribution\u2014no matter how small it might be.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had been following the work of Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun for a long time. Time and again, I had come across their initiatives. Time and again, I was impressed by the courage of these women, who\u2014despite all their differences and despite a decades-long conflict\u2014are committed to dialogue, encounter, and peace.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, I witnessed how Germany was changing. Racism, discrimination, and anti-Semitism were on the rise. Since then, Palestinians, Jews, and Muslims have faced extreme hostility. I have experienced all of this firsthand almost every day, and it was clear to me that, based on my understanding of democracy, I wanted to make a difference here.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After October 7, I came across the work of Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun once again. This time, the thought wouldn\u2019t leave my mind.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While political debates are often marked by finger-pointing, ideologies, and mutual accusations, I heard something different from these women: <\/span><b>humanity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They spoke about their children. About their families. About their fears. About their hope.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They didn\u2019t talk about who should win. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They talked about how people can live.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are thousands of women, in Palestine and in Israel, who are active in the peace movements. These women show that peace work doesn\u2019t begin in conference rooms.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It begins with people. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With mothers, daughters, grandmothers, friends, and neighbors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With women who refuse to give up hope.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women of Women of the Sun and Women Wage Peace represent countless women around the world who, every day, build bridges, listen, comfort, protest, pray, sing, organize, and believe that a different future is possible.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These women teach us to listen, to give space to their voices where they are all too often overlooked. Because behind every headline there are people.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps peace doesn\u2019t begin with major political decisions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps it begins with the courage to listen to others.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Tagrid Yousef, Dinslaken, Germany, mother of two daughters, neuroscientist\u2014international networker\u2014peace ambassador Tagrid is an active member of the WWP\/WOS Germany support group and involved in various projects. There are events that divide one\u2019s life into two parts: \u201cbefore\u201d and \u201cafter.\u201d On October 7, 2023, I was in Palestine with my daughter. 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