His political efforts began in 1970, Yousip was one of the founding members of Zowaa, and held key leadership positions. He was known of his strongpersonality and high refinement, and participated in putting the ideological line of Zowaa. He was later arrested by the baathist regime and imprisoned in Baghdad, where he, Youbert Shlimon and Youkhana Jajo endured torture for months in Abu Gharib and yet they didn't give upinformation on others within Zowaa. All three where executed by the Baath regime on February 3 by hanging, the three Assyrians were reportedly executed by the Baath regime for distributing literature against the Arabization policies of the government. he is buried in his hometown of Blijani.