Derb Moulay Cherif () is a neighborhood in
Hay Mohammadi
Hay Mohammadi or Hay Mohammedi ( ar, الحي المحمدي) is an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 156,501 inhabitants.
Notable resi ...
,
Casablanca.
Derb Moulay Cherif prison
The neighborhood was the site of a clandestine torture and detention center during the
Years of Lead of King
Hassan II Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to:
People
* Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name
*Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...
, though its history dates back to the period of
French Protectorate, when it was used for the torture of .
Victims of torture at the prison include
Saida Menebhi
Saida Menebhi (1952 in Marrakesh – 11 December 1977 in Casablanca) was a Moroccan poet, high school teacher, and activist with the Marxist revolutionary movement Ila al-Amam. In 1975, she, together with five other members of the movement, wa ...
,
Abraham Serfaty,
Fatna El Bouih,
,
Abdellatif Zeroual
Abdellatif Zeroual (1951 in Berrechid, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean ...
, and others.
In literature
Salah El-Ouadie addressed his torturer in a famous open letter: .
published ''Talk of Darkness'' (; 2001).
Jaouad Mdidech wrote his memoir ''Derb Moulay Cherif: The Dark Room'' (; 2002) about his experience.
See also
*
Tazmamart
References
Prisons in Morocco
Torture in Morocco
Casablanca
Hassan II of Morocco
Secret places
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