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 res ...
,
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
.
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, 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
Abraham Serfaty ( ar, أبراهام سرفاتي; January 16, 1926 – 18 November 2010) was an internationally prominent Moroccan Marxist-Leninist dissident, militant, and political activist, who was imprisoned for years by King Hassan I ...
,
Fatna El Bouih
Fatna El Bouih (born 1956) is a Moroccan human rights activist and writer. Imprisoned for five years during the Years of Lead, she continued her work, particularly as an advocate for women's rights, on her release. Her memoir of her experience dur ...
,
Salah El-Ouadie
Salah ed-Dine El-Ouadie ( ''Salah ed-Diin el-Wadii'') is a Moroccan poet and human rights activist. He is the president and founder of Damir.
Studies
He was born in August, 1952 in either Asfi or Rabat. He earned a degree in philosophy in 19 ...
,
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
Salah ed-Dine El-Ouadie ( ''Salah ed-Diin el-Wadii'') is a Moroccan poet and human rights activist. He is the president and founder of Damir.
Studies
He was born in August, 1952 in either Asfi or Rabat. He earned a degree in philosophy in 19 ...
addressed his torturer in a famous open letter: .
Fatna El Bouih
Fatna El Bouih (born 1956) is a Moroccan human rights activist and writer. Imprisoned for five years during the Years of Lead, she continued her work, particularly as an advocate for women's rights, on her release. Her memoir of her experience dur ...
published ''Talk of Darkness'' (; 2001).
Jaouad Mdidech wrote his memoir ''Derb Moulay Cherif: The Dark Room'' (; 2002) about his experience.
See also
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Tazmamart
Tazmamart ( ar, سجن تازمامرت) was a secret prison in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, holding political prisoners. The prison became a symbol of oppression in the political history of contemporary Morocco. It is located near the city of ...
References
Prisons in Morocco
Torture in Morocco
Casablanca
Hassan II of Morocco
Secret places
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