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Stolen Lives
Stolen Lives: My Family's Twenty-Year Struggle in a Desert Jail | Malika Oufkir
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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.
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Butterfinger
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I think it irreverent to rate a book of such a horrific experience. It should be read no matter the writing because it happened to real people and her story should be shared. This is an example of fact being stranger than fiction. Children wanted to die, attempted suicide because they were imprisoned. It is beyond my imagination how this family survived and overcame torture and hunger because of their courage and humor. I admire their fight.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds very good….and yes, books can be rated highly because of great content! 3y
Butterfinger @Riveted_Reader_Melissa it will break your heart. 3y
TheBookHippie I can‘t wait for you to read the follow up book! 3y
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Butterfinger
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I thought there were limits to human suffering. At Bir-Jdid, I was to discover that there were none.

This book has me in rage.

My attempt at Tangier-Style Fried Chicken and couscous.

#FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

AmyK1 I read this years ago and I still remember parts of it, which is unusual for me. I should read it again. 3y
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abookishbutterfly
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Do you ever unhaul any of your unread books? How do you go about choosing the books?

I read a small portion of each of these books in an effort to begin the unhaul process. It ended up being easier than I‘d expected. I‘m going to continue to go through my stacks using this method since it definitely worked for me! If you want to know which ones made the cut, check out my latest BookTube video. https://youtu.be/BepW6SYLAGU

marleed I have ikea Billie shelves lining the walls of my ‘reading‘ room. One of the smaller square shelves is my internal Little Free Library. Guests seem to have fun looking at it and almost always take a book or two. I keep it full so sometimes it means stocking with books in which I never got the round tuit! 5y
abookishbutterfly @marleed That‘s a great idea! 5y
marleed The added benefit of that shelf - if a book is not on that shelf it‘s not one I‘m ready to ‘lend‘ out ;) 5y
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HannaPolkadots
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Captivating. If you like Ingrid Betancourt's Even Silence Has an End I think you will like this one too.

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JacqMac
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It's so cloudy today, I had a hard time finding enough light for black spines @Aninski Welcome to my kitchen. 😂

It's so dark, I'd love to see some bright, colourful stacks. I'm going to try find some people who haven't been tagged yet. @candority @AmandaL @Brie If you would like to join in the fun, I'd love to see some bright stacks today. #BookColorTag

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Michreads
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A book that stays with you for years. An amazing true story of perseverance while living through one tragedy after another. Truly a remarkable story. Didn't just like ... Loved it!

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