Editing Zohra Drif (section)

==Participation with the FLN==

Drif also played an active role in the activities of the FLN around this time. Alongside [[Djamila Bouhired]] and [[Hassiba Ben Bouali]], Drif canvassed to gain support among Algiers women for the movement. She also played a role in helping hide male FLN members from the police during a 1956 manhunt.

At the beginning of the insurrection (November 1954), Drif quickly became associated with the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]], during her time in university. She became active in the Drif joined the FLN with a friend from her university, [[Samia Lakhdari]]. The two quickly became involved in the organisations workings and worked continuously with them before her arrest.

Drif and other women were recruited because they could easily blend in with French women, which allowed them to cross the borders between the casbah and the French zone of Algiers. By removing traditional Muslim dress and changing her appearance, Drif and other women of the FLN were allowed to move freely through the city. Drif has frequently explained her role in the revolution as well as the importance of women in the revolution.
In January 1957, the French authorities declared the [[Battle of Algiers (1956–57)|Battle of Algiers]] and the ZAA is heavily hit by French paratroopers commanded by General Massu. In July and August 1957, Drif attended 2 interviews between [[Saadi Yacef|Yacef Saâdi]] and Germaine Tillion on 4 July and 9 August.