[1] She graduated from the Kitchener School of Medicine, at what later became the University of Khartoum, in 1952, along with Z Serkisiani.

[2] Khalida treated poor people free of charge in her clinic.

[3] Khalida was the first female member of the student union in 1947 and she joined the peace negotiations in relation to southern Sudan the same year.

She founded the Young Women's Cultural Society with Fatima Talib in 1948.

[3] She was among the founders of the Sudanese Women's Union (SWU) in 1952, an organization which campaigned for suffrage and labour rights.