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The daughter of a former aide to the king of Morocco, who was executed after a failed assassination attempt on the ruler, describes how she, her five siblings, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony for twenty years. (Original title in French: La Prisonnière or The Prisoner)
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Malika Oufkir (Arabic: مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953 in Marrakesh) 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. Malika Oufkir is the eldest daughter of Mohamed Oufkir. Her siblings are Abdellatif, Myriam (Mimi), Maria, Soukaina and Raouf. Malika Oufkir was adopted by King Mohamed V to be raised as a companion to his daughter.
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