Stolen lives : twenty years in a desert jail

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Title:

Stolen lives : twenty years in a desert jail

Author:

Oufkir, Malika, 1953-

ISBN:

9780786867325

Personal Author:

Oufkir, Malika, 1953-

Uniform Title:

Prisonnière. English

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion, [2001].

Physical Description:

vii, 293 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.

Personal Subject:

Oufkir, Malika, 1953-.

Subject Term:

Women political prisoners -- Morocco -- Biography.

Added Author:

Fitoussi, Michèle.

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A New York Times BestsellerA Publishers Weekly Bestseller An Oprah's Book Club® Selection Malika Oufkir was the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the King of Morocco's closest aide. Malika spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the court harem, surrounded by luxury and privilege. In 1972, her father was executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Malika, her five brothers and sisters, and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colo After twenty years, theOufkir children managed to dig a tunnel with their bare hands and make an audacious escape. Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996. Stolen Lives is an unforgettable story of one woman's journey to freedom.

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