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Urn:oclc:805331571 Scandate 20110919165112 Scanner . Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - Kindle edition by Oufkir, Malika, Fitoussi, Michele, Schwartz, Ros. OL17731828W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.88 Pages 320 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 350 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1568951914 Listen to an excerpt from 'Stolen Lives' read by Edita Brychta.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:43:29 Boxid IA141720 Boxid_2 CH100401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0001 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1. 'An extremely effective and graphic picture of what evil is like from the vantage point of its most innocent victims.' - Booklist Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996.Ī heart-rending account of extreme deprivation and the courage with which one family faced its fate, 'Stolen Lives' is the story of one woman's journey to freedom. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprahs Book Club) Malika Oufkir Published by Miramax (2002) ISBN 10: 0786886307 ISBN 13: 9780786886302 New Paperback Quantity: 1 Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback.

After 15 years, the last 10 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. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Adopted by the king at the age of 5, she 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. Oufkir, the King of Morocco's closest aide. Born in 1953, Malika was the eldest daughter of Gen. The story of Malika Oufkir's turbulent and remarkable life is a memoir that reads like a political thriller.

Stolen lives 20 years in a desert jail