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Wow. I just read this amazing book called Stolen Lives : 20 years in a desert prison.
It is a personal account of Malika Oufkir (daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir) of her life in prison cell with her mother and siblings.
After a failed coup de tat attempt in 1972 to overthrow King Hassan II of Morrocco the family was sent to prison . General Oufkir was executed.
What bothers me is how long it took for the world to react to this. In one part of the story Malika and her younger brothers and sister escape from the prison Bir - Jdid.
Using only there hands and a few small utensils they dug a tunnel underneath the prison walls and escaped (briefly) to Tangier.
Keep in mind they had been secluded from the world for nearly 15 years. They tried a few embassies to give them political asylum. But they were only actually able to get into the Swedish embassy where the woman at the reception told them basically to get OUT.
This is crazy. Everyone knew of the oufkirs . How could this family be made to suffer for the actions of the father?
It was an amazing story and I highly recommend reading it. Also The prisoner (which I havent read yet) is an autobiography of Malika Oufkir.
Rm.
It is a personal account of Malika Oufkir (daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir) of her life in prison cell with her mother and siblings.
After a failed coup de tat attempt in 1972 to overthrow King Hassan II of Morrocco the family was sent to prison . General Oufkir was executed.
What bothers me is how long it took for the world to react to this. In one part of the story Malika and her younger brothers and sister escape from the prison Bir - Jdid.
Using only there hands and a few small utensils they dug a tunnel underneath the prison walls and escaped (briefly) to Tangier.
Keep in mind they had been secluded from the world for nearly 15 years. They tried a few embassies to give them political asylum. But they were only actually able to get into the Swedish embassy where the woman at the reception told them basically to get OUT.
This is crazy. Everyone knew of the oufkirs . How could this family be made to suffer for the actions of the father?
It was an amazing story and I highly recommend reading it. Also The prisoner (which I havent read yet) is an autobiography of Malika Oufkir.
Rm.
