WRITER

Malika Oufkir

1953 - Today

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Malika Oufkir (Arabic: مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan Berber writer and former victim of enforced disappearance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malika Oufkir has received more than 188,531 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Malika Oufkir is the 4,279th most popular writer, the 98th most popular biography from Morocco and the 9th most popular Moroccan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Freedom
2006
La prisonniere
Political prisoners, Biography, Women political prisoners
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
1980
Freedom
Moroccans, Women political prisoners, Biography
2006
De gevangene
15.80 history of Africa, Vrouwen, Meisjes
Verslag van het leven van de auteur (1953) en haar familie, die, na bij koning Hassan II van Marokko in ongenade gevallen te zijn, twintig jaar in gevangenschap doorbrengen.
1999
L' étrangère
Women political prisoners, Biography
2006
Stolen Lives
Large type books, Women political prisoners, Biography
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Malika Oufkir ranks 4,279 out of 7,302. Before her are Seán O'Casey, Julius Zeyer, Steen Steensen Blicher, Marcel Arland, Richard Hakluyt, and Herbert W. Franke. After her are Edna Ferber, Johann Christian Günther, Txillardegi, William Boyd, Jakob Hurt, and Benoîte Groult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Malika Oufkir ranks 253. Before her are Norberto Alonso, Desmond Child, Mokhtar Dahari, Kurt Fuller, Sara Simeoni, and Mohammad Bakri. After her are Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Nada, Mike Stern, José Bové, Abdelmajid Dolmy, and Mitsuo Kato.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Malika Oufkir ranks 98 out of 264. Before her are Abu Sa'id Uthman II (1275), Muhammad ibn Idris (null), Said Belqola (1956), Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), and Touria Chaoui (1936). After her are Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), Ahmed Bahnini (1909), Yahya al-Mu'tasim (null), Abdallah Ibrahim (1918), and Yasmine Lafitte (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Malika Oufkir ranks 9. Before her are Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Ahmed Rami (1946), and Eva Illouz (1961). After her are Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), Abdellah Taïa (1973), and Laila Lalami (1968).

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