Her L'une voilée, l'autre pas (One Veiled, One Not) led President Nicolas Sarkozy to appoint her a member of the French Council of the Muslim Faith in 2003.

Instead she undertook a survey and analysis of Islam's place in French society, publishing Quelle éducation face au radicalisme?

In the same article, she also criticized government proposals on the headscarf, explaining Muslim women would be deprived of their freedom of choice if it were to be banned.

[8] Faced with the problem of young Frenchmen being attracted to join ISIS in Syria, in April 2014 Bouzar founded the Centre de prévention des dérives sectaires liées à l'Islam (Centre for the Prevention of Sectarian Excesses Related to Islam) which initially had the support of the Ministry of the Interior.

[10] Bouzar was honoured as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2009 for her contributions to French cultural heritage.