Malika Oufkir

Malika Oufkir ( born April 2, 1953 in Marrakech ) is a Moroccan author. She was born as the eldest daughter of Interior Minister and Defense Minister Mohammed Oufkir. Oufkir has five siblings, including Abdellatif, Myriam ( Mimi ), Maria, Soukaina and Raouf.

Life

At the age of five years Oufkir was adopted by Sultan Mohammed V. At age 16, she returned to her family. After the second failed coup attempt in Morocco against the King of Morocco, Hassan II, in the early 70s, General Mohammed Oufkir was executed. The surviving remnant of their family settled Hassan II with Malika Oufkir 1973-1977 placed under house arrest. Then all members of the family were sent to a prison in the Sahara, where they lived under inhumane conditions. From 1987, she was allowed to return to Morocco, but still under arrest. Only in 1991 it was released.

1999 Malika Oufkir wrote about these experiences together with the Tunisian writer Michele Fitoussi the book La prisonnière ( to German: The prisoner ). In addition, she has also published several other works.

On October 10, 1998, she married Eric Bordreuil. Currently the couple lives in Paris.

Appeared on German works

• Michèle Fitoussi: The Prisoner. A life in Morocco. (Original title: La prisonnière, translated by Christiane Filius - Jehne ), Schröder, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-547-77248-6; in paperback: Ullsteinhaus TB 36249, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-548-36249-6.
• Freedom: in search of a new life. ( Original title: L ' etrangère, translated by Olaf Roth), Schroeder, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-547-71116-5, paperback: Ullsteinhaus 37209, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-37209-9 ( autobiography ).