[2] However, thanks to a solidarity movement among the inmates, she was able to gain better detention conditions, political prisoner status, and the opportunity to continue her studies.
[3][4] After leaving prison, El Bouih taught Arabic at a school in Casablanca and began writing articles and stories.
The Forum for Truth and Justice was the first organization for political victims of the Years of Lead, a precursor to the Equity and Reconciliation Commission that was created in 2004 by King Mohammed VI, who succeeded Hassan II in 1999.
[1][3] El Bouih has written several books and other publications on the Years of Lead, the fate of political prisoners, and violence against women.
Her first book, a memoir of her experiences titled Hadit al-atama, was published in 2001; it was released in French a year later under the name Une femme nommée Rachid, and in English in 2008 under the name Talk of Darkness.