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    Stolen Lives

    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 fem, 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 bygd luxury and extraordinary privilege.

    Then, on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Malika, her fem younger brothers and sisters. and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. After fifteen years, the gods ten of which they spent locked up in solitary cells, the Oufkir children managed to dig a passage with their bare hands and man an audacious escape. Recaptured after fem days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996.

    A heartrending account

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    Mohamed Oufkir

    Moroccan politician and military officer

    GeneralSi Mohamed ben Ahmed Oufkir (Arabic: محمد أوفقير‎; 14 May 1920 − 16 August 1972)[1][2] was a Moroccan senior military officer who held many important governmental posts. It is believed that he was assassinated for his alleged role in the failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt.

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    Mohamed Oufkir was a native of Aïn Chaïr [fr], in the Tafilalt region, the stronghold of high Atlas Moroccan Berbers, in southeastern Morocco, where his father was appointed pasha by Hubert Lyautey in 1910.

    He studied at the Berber College of Azrou near Meknes. In 1939, he entered the Military Academy of Dar El Beida, and in 1941, he enlisted as a reserve lieutenant in the French Army.

    During World War II, he served with distinction in the French Expeditionary Corps (4th Regiment of Moroccan Tirailleurs) on the Italian front in 1944, where he won the Croix de Guerre. He was also award

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    Malika Oufkir

    Moroccan Amazigh writer and former "disappeared"

    Malika Oufkir

    Malika Oufkir signs her book, Freedom: The Story of My Second Life, at the 2006 Texas Book Festival.

    Born (1953-04-02) April 2, 1953 (age 71)

    Marrakesh, Morocco

    OccupationWriter
    Known forForced disappearance victim

    Malika Oufkir (Arabic: مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan Berber writer and former victim of enforced disappearance. She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.

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    Malika Oufkir is the eldest daughter of Mohamed Oufkir. She was born in Marrakesh on April 2, 1953.[1] Her siblings are Abdellatif, Myriam (Mimi), Maria, Soukaina, and Raouf. General Mohamed Oufkir was the interior minister, minister of defense, and the chief of the armed forces of Morrocco. He was greatly trusted by King Hassan II (and the most powerful figure in Morocco after th