Stolen Lives is a remarkable book of unfathomable deprivation and the power of the human will to survive. But today I have a different attitude to life: it cant be constructed from superficial things, no matter. Only now am I just beginning to live, on the verge of old age. Like I have lost years that I will never get back. Her account of their final flight to freedom makes for breathtaking reading. Malika Oufkir, Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail. Finally, teetering on the edge of madness and aware that they had been left to die, Oufkir and her siblings managed to tunnel out using their bare hands and teaspoons, only to be caught days later. Oufkir's horrifying descriptions of the conditions are mesmerizing, particularly when contrasted with her earlier life in the royal court, and many graphic images will long haunt readers. After twenty years, the Oufkir children managed to.

Conditions steadily deteriorated, and the family was eventually transferred to a remote desert prison, where they suffered a decade of solitary confinement, torture, starvation, and the complete absence of sunlight. Malika, her five brothers and sisters, and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. They were first held in an abandoned fort, where they ate moderately well and were allowed to keep some of their fine clothing and books.

Immediately afterward, Malika, her mother, and her five siblings were arrested and imprisoned, despite having no prior knowledge of the coup attempt. After a failed coup détat, however, he is killed, and th. King Hassan II ascended the throne following Muhammad V's death, and in 1972 General Oufkir was found guilty of treason after staging a coup against the new regime, and was summarily executed. Second-in-power only to the king, General Oufkir is both hated and adored by the people of Morocco. There she led a life of unimaginable privilege and luxury alongside the king's own daughter. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprahs Book Club) by Oufkir, Malika and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now. At the age of 5, Malika Oufkir, eldest daughter of General Oufkir, was adopted by King Muhammad V of Morocco and sent to live in the palace as part of the royal court.

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