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Original Title:	La Prisonnière
ISBN:	0786886307 (ISBN13: 9780786886302)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Malika Oufkir
Setting:	Morocco

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Malika Oufkir

Paperback | Pages: 294 pages

Rating: 4.11 | 27575 Users | 3114 Reviews

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Title	:	Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Author	:	Malika Oufkir
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 294 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2002 by Hyperion Books (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Cultural. Africa. Northern Africa. Morocco. History

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A gripping memoir that reads like a political thriller--the story of Malika Oufkir's turbulent and remarkable life. Born in 1953, Malika Oufkir was the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the King of Morocco's closest aide. 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.

Then, on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters. and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. 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. Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996.

A heartrending account in the face of extreme deprivation and the courage with which one family faced its fate, Stolen Lives is an unforgettable story of one woman's journey to freedom.

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Shaken by the story. Giving more than 5 stars to the author for the courage to share it with all of us. Makes me very grateful for the life I have in a modern, a bit more democratic world. The story is written well enough to pull you in craving to find out what has happened. Extraordinary bravery of the family to fight through till the end and shedding the light on Morocco's political prisoners life.thank you



Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, Malika OufkirMalika Oufkir is the eldest daughter of Mohamed Oufkir and she is a Moroccan. General Oufkir was arrested and then executed. Malika Oufkir and her family were initially confined to house arrest in the south of Morocco from 1973 to 1977. Then General Oufkir's entire family was sent to a secret prison in the Sahara desert where they suffered harsh conditions for a total of 15 years. After escaping, they were released into house arrest in

I just couldn't finish this book. I found it to be very confusing. Everything from the politics of her time growing up in Morocco to the explanation of her prison camp left me questioning so many things. I also didn't feel connected to Malika in any way. Although I know what she endured is heartbreaking and wrong I still found myself not caring about the characters enough to get more than half way through this book.

I don't really read biographies but this was a good read!

This is a terrible story. But you say "hey lady, you gave this 5 stars". I say, not terribly written, it's certainly interesting and draws us into a different culture, a different time. What is terrible is how humans treat other humans. And that is what is terrible about this story. My heart was broken on multiple occasions while reading this. I think I cried from start to finish. What people suffer, that is heart breaking. What children suffer is even more heart breaking. The fact that this is

The events of this book are so shocking and different from my own life that it was almost unbelievable. I could not put this book down once I began. I was trying to conserve the book as it was the only one I had on a recent one week trip but it was finished in a day. There were photos of the family included in the book and I kept revisiting them when I learned more of the story. It was great to put faces with the names. Most shocking to me is how people, families, children can be made to