 In school, she learned about the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution of 1789, and individual liberties, which all contributed to her ideology during the Algerian revolution.Drif was outraged by French colonisation in Algeria and looked at how the French treated the local population after the Ordinance of 7 March 1944, and the .Drif also played an active role in the activities of the FLN around this time.