[1] After the independence of Tunisia and the accession of her uncle to the presidency of the Republic, she entered Carthage Palace because Bourguiba asked her to live there with her husband.
[1] With her arrival in Carthage, she became a pillar of the presidential palace and succeeded in influencing her uncle, President Bourguiba.
[2] She was responsible for maintaining her uncle's image by informing Tunisians that the president was more resistant than the media would admit.
[3] Bourguiba devoted time to her and spent his days in her company, after meetings with political figures.
[2] After he was dismissed in 1987 for senility by Prime Minister Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Bourguiba left power and was transferred to the state residence of Mornag.