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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	:	Anniversary 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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This is another book that makes me realize how lucky I am to be living in this country. Malika was born into a family that had great wealth, and she was privileged enough to be close, personal friends with the royal family of Morocco, to actually live in the palace and be raised next to the king's young daughter. But that all changes when Malika's father attempts a military coup. His attempts to assassinate the king fail and he in turn in killed. His family could not even grieve the loss of

So worth everyone's time.

When I was in my teens, an interview advertisement kept coming up about this woman called Malika Oufkir on a Lebanese channel, and my mom said I want to watch this interview. So when the interview came, she and dad watched it and were astonished. We joined them and I didn't get what the problem was until I kept on listening. Mom commented "How sad her eyes are." I still remember that. The next day my mom bought the book (Arabic translation) and devoured it in the same day and told everyone about

This true story is another unnecessary provocation by the strong to keep the plebeian meek.A truly horrifying account.Her husband was a powerful politician in Morocco, a close friend to the king.And then the king became upset and killed his friend.This woman and her family paid dearly for the king's random caprices.Very disturbing.(Moroccans who I have since spoke with insist this story is not true. My gut tells me it is real, too real)

This was a very interesting memoir. It tells the story of the life of a girl raised as a princess (literally, she was adopted by the king of Morocco to be his favorite daughter's friend and companion) in the harem of the king of Morocco. As a teenager she got the king to let her go back to her family, where she traveled all over the world and partied with politicians and movie stars. Then her father attempted a coup and he was executed. Her family was placed under house arrest for a few months,

I gave up on this book on page 149. After reading Prisoner of Tehran, I was interested to read this book. Unfortunately, La Prisonniere does not convey the same emotions or character.

This memoir is written by the daughter of a General Oufkir, who was a high ranking Moroccan official. After her father attempted a coup against the Moroccan king, the author, her mother, her siblings, and family friends are all imprisoned for twenty years as retaliation. This book is an account of those twenty years. I found the first half of this book to be extremely boring. I wasn't very interested in the author's life in the palace and it just seemed to drag on and on. It got a little better