New Releases by Malika Oufkir

Malika Oufkir is the author of Sirigata kumariya (2011), L'étrangère (2008), Freedom (2006), Stolen Lives (2002), Stolen Lives (24 Copy Floor Display) (2002).

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Sirigata kumariya

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Sirigata kumariya
Story of a woman who spent twenty years in a desert jail.

L'étrangère

release date: Jan 01, 2008
L'étrangère
Qui ne se souvient du destin incroyable de Malika Oufkir ? Dans La Prisonnière, écrit avec Michèle Fitoussi, Malika racontait le sort d''une enfant élevée comme une princesse à la cour d''Hassan II. A la suite d''un coup d''Etat en 1972, où son père biologique, le général Oufkir, tenta de renverser son père adoptif, le roi du Maroc, on l''emprisonna avec toute sa famille, mère, frères, soeurs, pendant près de vingt ans. Malika a survécu, mais à quel prix ? Comment se promener dans les rues de Paris, de Marrakech, de Miami ou de New York, quand on a encore la peur au ventre ? Que peut-elle dire de son passé mutilé à Nawal et à Adam, ses enfants adoptifs ? L''Etrangère est le récit vrai d''une Martienne revenue sur terre. Malika Oufkir a beaucoup d''humour, le sens de l''observation, la rage au cœur, et ce " grain de folie " qui lui donne définitivement une place à part.

Freedom

release date: Oct 16, 2006
Freedom
Stolen Lives, Malika Oufkir''s intensely moving account of her twenty years imprisoned in a desert jail in Morocco, was a surprise international best seller and the second non-fiction title ever selected for Oprah''s Book Club. In her highly anticipated follow-up, Malika reflects on the life she lived before and during incarceration and how dramatically the world had changed when she emerged. Malika Oufkir was born into extreme privilege as the daughter of the king of Morocco''s closest aide, and she grew up in the palace as companion to the Moroccan princess. But in 1972, her life of luxury came to a crashing halt.Her father was executed for attempting to assassinate the king, and she and her family were locked away for two decades. After a remarkable escape, Malika and her family returned to the world theyd left behind, only to find it transformed. Living for the first time as an adult, Malika writes candidly about adjusting to the world we take for granted, from negotiating ATMs to the excesses of shopping malls, to falling in love and sex. In Stolen Lives, Malika mourned the children she was not having as she wasted away in prison. When she is finally free, motherhood becomes crucial to Malika''s ability to fully live her life: she adopts first her niece, then a baby boy from Morocco. Full of insight and piercing observations, as well as humor, Freedom is as masterful and thoughtprovoking as the original.

Stolen Lives

release date: May 01, 2002
Stolen Lives
A gripping memoir that reads like a political thriller--the story of Malika Oufkir''s turbulent and remarkable life. Born in 1953, Malika Oufkir was the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the King of Morocco''s closest aide. Adopted by the king at the age of five, Malika spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the seclusion of the court harem, one of the most eligible heiresses in the kingdom, surrounded by luxury and extraordinary privilege. Then, on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters. and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. After fifteen years, the last ten of which they spent locked up in solitary cells, the Oufkir children managed to dig a tunnel with their bare hands and make an audacious escape. Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996. A heartrending account in the face of extreme deprivation and the courage with which one family faced its fate, Stolen Lives is an unforgettable story of one woman''s journey to freedom.

Stolen Lives (24 Copy Floor Display)

release date: May 01, 2002

La Prisonniere

release date: Jan 01, 2001
La Prisonniere
Malika Oufkir Has Been A Prisoner For Most Of Her Life. Born In 1953, The Eldest Daughter Of The King Of Morocco S Closest Aide, Malika Was Adopted By The King To Be A Companion To His Little Daughter. She Grew Up At The Royal Court Of Rabat, Locked Away In A Golden Cage, Among The Royal Wives And Concubines.But In 1972, Her Father Was Arrested And Executed After An Attempt To Assassinate The King. Nineteen-Year-Old Malika, Her Mother And Her Five Younger Brothers And Sisters Were Thrown Into An Isolated Desert Gaol. Innocent Of Any Crime, They Were Locked Away In Increasingly Barbaric Conditions For Fifteen Endless Years.Like A Modern Scheherazade, Malika Kept Up Their Spirits By Telling Them Stories Every Night. Finally, The Oufkir Children Managed To Dig A Tunnel With Their Bare Hands And Made A Daring Escape. Recaptured After Five Days, The Ensuing Public Hue And Cry Resulted In House Arrest Rather Than A Return To Prison. But It Was Only In 1996 That Malika Was Finally Permitted To Leave Morocco To Begin A New Life In France.

Die Gefangene

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Die Gefangene
Als Kind wird Malika vom marokkanischen König als Spielgefährtin für seine Tochter adoptiert. Ein Leben im goldenen Käfig folgt. Erst mit 16 darf sie zu ihren leiblichen Eltern zurück - und das Glück währt nur kurz: Nach einem Putschversuch wirk Malikas Vater erschossen, seine Frau und die sechs Kinder verhaftet. 20 Jahre lang kämpft die Familie ums Überleben: in dunklen Kellern, geplagt von Hunger und Einsamkeit. Nur Malikas unglaublicher Lebenswille bewahrt die Familie davor, aufzugeben.

La prisonnière

release date: Jan 01, 1999
La prisonnière
Toute sa vie, Malika Oufkir a été une prisonnière. C''est à l''âge de cinq ans que la fille aînée du général Oufkir est adoptée par Mohammed V et élevée dans le Palais du Roi, à Rabat, dont elle ne sort que rarement. Défilent devant les yeux d''une princesse espiègle et effrayée les courtisanes du Harem, les esclaves du Feu, les gouvernantes à l''accent allemand. A sa sortie du palais, la fière descendante des Berbères compte parmi les héritières les plus courtisées du Royaume. La tentative de coup d''Etat du 16 août 1972 contre Hassan II en décide autrement. Ce sera la mort pour le général Oufkir, et la prison pour sa femme Fatéma, et ses six enfants dont le plus jeune n''a pas trois ans ! Des murailles du désert aux cellules envahies par les scorpions, Malika élève ses frères et sœurs et refuse qu''on les laisse mourir. Ils resteront enfermés vingt ans dans des conditions inhumaines. Schéhérazade moderne, Malika n''a rien oublié : l''angoisse des nuits solitaires, la faim et la soif, les frustrations d''une femme privée d''amour, mais aussi l''humour d''une famille à qui l''on veut infliger le pire des châtiments, l''oubli. Elle évoque aussi cette incroyable évasion à mains nues et l''errance clandestine de Casablanca à Tanger, de Tanger à Paris. Aujourd''hui, dans une fresque qui se lit comme un conte des Mille et Une Nuits, Malika la prisonnière devient enfin une femme libre. C''est un témoignage bouleversant qu''elle a confié à Michèle Fitoussi.

De gevangene

release date: Jan 01, 1999
De gevangene
Verslag van het leven van de auteur (1953) en haar familie, die, na bij koning Hassan II van Marokko in ongenade gevallen te zijn, twintig jaar in gevangenschap doorbrengen.
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