For the Moroccan people, she was best known for being the last surviving Royal Family member that was sent to exile by the French occupation.
In 1947, aged 10, Lalla Malika obtained her Moroccan and French primary school certificate.
Her father and her family lived in Antsirabe and Lalla Malika became an intern in a religious college, Les sœurs de Notre-Dame-de-Cluny.
[5][6] In her honor, in the same city was inaugurated thereafter the Lalla Malika State School of Nursing.
[8][9][10] She was married at Dar al-Makhzen Royal Palace on 16 August 1961, Mohamed Cherkaoui (1921–2022), Ambassador to France 1961–1964, President of the Permanent Consultative Committee of the Maghreb 1964, Minister for Finance and the National Economy 1964–1965, for Development 1965–1966, Foreign Affairs 1966–1967, and National Defence 1967, President of the Afro-Asian Economic Co-operation.