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Stolen lives 20 years in a desert jail5/10/2023 Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' Hardcover 'Please retry' 13.98 6.90 1. Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996. Stolen Lives 20 Years in a Desert Jail Hardcover Januby Makita Outfir(Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars424 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. After fifteen years, the last ten of which they spent locked up in solitary cells, the Oufkir children managed to dig a tunnel with their bare hands and make an audacious escape. and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters. Then, on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Oufkir was born in 1953, the first daughter of the chief of staff of King Muhammad V of Morocco. Adopted by the king at the age of five, Malika spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the seclusion of the court harem, one of the most eligible heiresses in the kingdom, surrounded by luxury and extraordinary privilege. The horrors of that experience are recounted in Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, written with journalist Michèle Fitoussi. Born in 1953, Malika Oufkir was the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the King of Morocco's closest aide. A gripping memoir that reads like a political thriller-the story of Malika Oufkir's turbulent and remarkable life.
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