by Malika Oufkir, Michele Fitoussi · Ullstein Taschenbuchvlg. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783548362496
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«Die Gefangene. Ein Leben in Marokko» is the autobiography of Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi, published by Ullstein in paperback (379 pages, in German).
Malika Oufkir grows up in the palace of the King of Morocco as a playmate of the princess. After her father's failed coup against Hassan II, her family is arrested and spends twenty years in captivity, amid cellars, hunger and isolation. The book, written with Michèle Fitoussi, portrays that confinement and the collective will to carry on.
Original work «La Prisonnière», published in 1999; this German edition appeared in 2001, translated by Christiane Filius-Jehne.
For readers of memoirs and non-fiction, especially those interested in Morocco, its recent history and stories of family survival.
Malika Oufkir is a Moroccan writer and former victim of enforced disappearance. She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.
