Week 20: Stolen Lives

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail is Malika Oufkir's first memoir. It is a full account of her unlawful and unjust political incarceration at the age of 19, along with her mother and five siblings, in various squalid desert prisons across Morocco. For over two decades, they suffered from starvation and diseases in isolation as punishment for their father's attempt to overthrow King Hassan II in 1972.

 

 

Ahmed Marzouki’s ten part interview on Al Jazeera: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFF3C67C9E43201CA 

Malika’s interview with Oprah: https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/after-the-show-with-malika-oufkir-transcript/all 

Books mentioned:

• Tazmamart: Cellule 10 by Ahmed Marzouki
• Tazmamart: 18 Years in Morocco’s Secret Prison by Aziz BineBine
• Freedom: The Story of My Second Life by Malika Oufkir