Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Mamia Aïssa a 1922 a ƙauyen Haouz, kusa da Bensekrane a lardin Tlemcen na Aljeriya zuwa Elabdli Aïssa. Lokacin da take 'yar shekara hudu iyalinta sun gudu saboda 'yan sanda suna neman mahaifinta. Sun koma Oujda, Morocco, amma kamar yadda mahaifinta ya kasance mai goyon bayan Ben Badis sun sake komawa Ghazaouet. Duk iyaye biyu sun goyi bayan ilimin mata kuma Aïssa, bayan kammala karatun firamare an tura ta a matsayin mai shiga makarantar sakandare a Mascara a 1935. A wannan lokacin, ta zama mai sha'awar haƙƙin mata kuma ta rubuta takarda game da 'yancin mata Musulmai. Lokacin da ta kammala karatunta a 1942, mahaifinta ya kai ta jami'a daya tilo a Algeria don shiga cikin azuzuwan ungozoma. Sun isa kusan lokaci guda tare da mamayewar Algiers
a lokacin yakin Arewacin Afirka na yakin duniya na biyu. Da suka jinkirta karatun ta, sun bar babban birnin kuma ta koyar har shekara guda kafin ta koma makaranta kuma ta kammala karatunta a matsayin ungozoma.