Yousef hails from the Beni
Helbah tribe of South Darfur and held several high-profile positions in the past, including the governor of South Darfur State, prior to the 1999's schism within the NCP which saw the veteran Islamist leader Hassan Al-Turabi ousted from power and later formed his splinter group the Popular Congress Party (PCP).
The inhabitants of the plain of Judah with their iron chariots (Judges 1: 19); the Asherites, particularly in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib,
Helbah, Aphik, Rehob (Judges 1: 31-2); and the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and Baanath (Judges 1: 33).