At the time Tunisia was part of the French Empire except during the Second World War when it was occupied by Nazi Germany.

Adda engaged in political activism by covertly distributing anti-Nazi and anti-colonial leaflets against the German occupying forces in Vichy Tunisia.

[2] The same year she, Neila Haddad and Gilda khiari were co-founders of the Union of the Women of Tunisia (UFT).

At the time access to education at colonial schools was being denied as a result of the demands for Tunisian independence.

Adda and her friend, became involved in the early distribution of Tunisian newspapers and as a result she gave lectures in Tunis.