Boide is married to a US Citizen originally from Mauritania Mohamed Amar doctor in physics and chemistry, and has a 22-year-old son. In 2013, Boide was removed as Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports after her then- ex husband was implicated in a corruption scandal whereby he allegedly used personal favors to win the bid for constructing a stadium in Nouadhibou. Her former husband was neither charged nor fully cleared of impropriety in the affair.