Elkouria Amidane has over the years conducted non-violent struggle for self-determination in Western Sahara and demonstrated for Saharawi student's rights against Morocco.

Mauritania withdrew in 1979, and Morocco eventually secured de facto control of most of the territory, including all the major cities and natural resources.

[3] In 2005, the outburst of the Independence Intifada, her younger brother El Wali Amidane was arrested by the Moroccan police together with dozens of human rights defenders.

[4] From 20 July to 6 August 2007, as a 22-year-old, she had been a trip to Norway and Sweden meeting with students of different universities, narrating the struggles in Western Sahara.

On 4 February 2009, Elkouria Amidane was awarded the Student Peace Prize for her work for human rights and the Saharawi people.