Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996.Ī 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. 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 Oufkir and her family were initially confined to house arrest in the south of Morocco from 1973 to 1977. General Oufkir was arrested and then executed. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, Malika Oufkir Malika Oufkir is the eldest daughter of Mohamed Oufkir and she is a Moroccan. Then, on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail (1999) (original title in French: La Prisonnire or The Prisoner) is an autobiographical book by Malika Oufkir. 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. 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, surrounded by luxury and extraordinary privilege.Then, on August. A gripping memoir that reads like a political thriller-the story of Malika Oufkir's turbulent and remarkable life. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.

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