Alongside Latifa Bennani-Smires, she became one of the first two women in the House of Representatives when she was elected to parliament in 1993.
[1] She also joined the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP), which began operating underground.
[1] Following a 1975 split in the UNFP, she became a founder member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and headed its women's section.
However, the resulting uproar led to the party appointing a less experienced male councillor.
[4] She was re-elected in 1997, but lost her seat in the 2002 elections, when the USFP failed to include her on its women's list.