Malika Oufkir
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Malika Oufkir (Arabic: مليكة أوكفير) (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan writer and former "disappeared". She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.
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[edit] History
General Mohamed Oufkir was the right arm of King Hassan II (and the most powerful figure in Morocco after the King) during the 1960s and early 1970s in Morocco. After attempting a coup d'êtat in 1972, General Oufkir was arrested and executed, and his entire family sent without trial to a secret prison in the Sahara desert, suffering harsh conditions. Malika Oufkir and family spent a total of 24 years in prison, before being released into house arrest and moving to France. Malika married Eric Bordreuil in 1998.
[edit] Publications
Malika published an account of her life in prison, entitled Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, with French author Michèle Fitoussi.
[edit] Further reading
- Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi (2001), Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, Miramax Books (ISBN 0-7868-6861-9)
