Oufkir, Malika  , 1953- <br/><br/>
Stolen lives, twenty years in a desert jail 
/ Malika Oufkir & Michele Fitoussi 
 - New York  : Hyperion  , c1999 
 - 293 p.  ; 25 cm 
 - Talk Miramax Books .
<br/><br/> Oufkir, the child of a general, was adopted at the age of five by King Mohammed and brought up as a companion to his daughter. Eleven years later, she returned home to a three-year adolescence of wealth and privilege, where she consorted with movie stars and royalty. In 1961, Hassin II succeeded his father as king, and Oufkir's father was executed after staging a coup against the new regime. For the next 15 years, Oufkir, her mother, and her five siblings were confined to a desert prison and subjected to inhuman conditions. Oufkir's description of their day-to-day survival during these years is the heart of the book. The family finally escaped by digging a tunnel, were recaptured, and today live in Paris, where Oufkir eventually found love and marriage with a French architect. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the French to English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780786868612 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Oufkir, Malika , 1953- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women political prisoners---Morocco----Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 OUF