The poet Fatima Chahid encouraged her to write.[1][3] Her first book, La Renaicendre ou Mémoires d’une Marocaine juive et patriote (La Renaicendre or Memoirs of a Jewish and Patriotic Moroccan)[4] was published in 2010; her memoir focuses on the events relating to the birth of the State of Israel, the emigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel and the struggles between the opposing movements of Zionism and Pan-Arabism,[5] as well as the identity crisis for the Moroccan Jews as well as for Muslims in this period, and Morocco as an example of coexistence between Jews and Muslims, which she argues can be applied to the State of Israel.[3] Also, in her book Elgrissy also analyzes the uprooting calls for the Moroccan Jews and Muslims to return to the motherland.[6] A reviewed edition of her book was re-published in 2016 under the name of La Renaicendre, 6 ans plus tard on ebook format available on Amazon Kindle.