On 4 July 1957 during the battle of Algiers, she secretly met with National Liberation Front leader Yacef Saadi, at the instigation of the latter, to try to end the spiral of executions and indiscriminate attacks.
Den 4. juli 1957, under Slaget om Algier, mødtes hun i hemmelighed med FNL's leder Yacef Saadi, i et forsøg på at få sat en stopper for spiralen af henrettelser og uprovokerede angreb.