In 1982, she achieved the rare achievement by becoming the first ever female surgeon in Morocco when she was honoured as Morocco's first woman surgeon by the late Majesty Hassan II in a ceremonial event.[1] She also successfully finished her first open heart surgery in the same year after becoming a professional surgeon. In June 1989, she obtained certificate of studies in ultrasound from the University of Paris. She began her teaching career as a university professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat in 1992.[3]