Two events profoundly marked her childhood: her father was tortured by the French during the Algerian Civil War before her eyes, exposed in the street, attached to the barrel of a tank.

Yamina Méchakra followed Yachine's style in writing, who gave her extended advice and guidance.

[7] Yamina Mechakra argued that women was the source of the nation and the founding of an independent state.

[4] Yamina Mechakra is also a committed author who supported the importance of a cultural revolution in Algeria in the process of decolonization.

On May 20, 2013, a memorial was held at the Palace of Culture [fr],[10] and she was buried the same day in the cemetery of Sidi Yahia.