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4 unusual facts about Malika Oufkir


Malika Oufkir

Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi (2001), Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, Miramax Books (ISBN 0-7868-6861-9)

In the introduction of Malika Oufkir's book "Stolen Lives", the coauthor Michèle Fitoussi writes :"Even though they were so many differences between us, of background, social circles, children, profession and even religion - she's a Muslim and I am a Jew - we belong to the same generation...".

She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.

But after attempting to assassinate the King and Moroccan delegation returning from France on a Boeing 727 jet in a coup d'état in 1972, General Oufkir was arrested and then executed.


Leila Shenna

She is the cousin of Malika Oufkir, the writer of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail, an account of the failed 1972 assassination attempt on the King of Morocco by her father (and Leila's uncle), General Mohamed Oufkir.


see also

Mohamed Oufkir

Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi (2001), Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, Miramax Books (ISBN 0-7868-6861-9 )