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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

This book offers a profound and personal narrative of a man's experience of being wrongfully imprisoned in a remote desert jail for an extended period, detailing the hardships, resilience, and eventual release. more

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Malika Oufkir
Malika Oufkir

Malika Oufkir is a Moroccan-French writer born on April 2, 1953. Her works primarily revolve around women, family, and social issues, known for her profound insights and unique narrative style. more

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“As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I knew the weight was there but it didn't touch me. Only when I stopped did the slick, dark stuff of it come floating around my face, catching my arms and throat till I began to drown. So I just didn't stop.”

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“But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after - oh, that's love by a different name. She is the babe you hold in your arms for an hour after she's gone to sleep. If you put her down in the crib, she might wake up changed and fly away. So instead you rock my the window, drinking the light from her skin, breathing her exhaled dreams. Your heart bays to the double crescent moons of closed lashes on her cheeks. She's the one you can't put down.”

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