Derb Moulay Cherif (Arabic : درب مولاي الشريف) is a neighborhood in Hay Mohammadi, Casablanca.
Derb Moulay Cherif (Arabic : درب مولاي الشريف) is a neighborhood in Hay Mohammadi, Casablanca.
The neighborhood was the site of a clandestine torture and detention center during the Years of Lead of King Hassan II, [1] though its history dates back to the period of French Protectorate, when it was used for the torture of Moroccan Nationalist Movement. [2] Victims of torture at the prison include Saida Menebhi, [3] Abraham Serfaty, [4] Fatna El Bouih, [2] Salah El-Ouadie, [5] Abdellatif Zeroual, [6] and others.
Salah El-Ouadie addressed his torturer in a famous open letter: Lettre ouverte à mon tortionnaire. [7] Fatna El Bouih published Talk of Darkness (حديث العتمة; 2001). [8] Jaouad Mdidech wrote his memoir Derb Moulay Cherif: The Dark Room (درب مولاي الشريف - الغرفة السوداء; 2002) about his experience. [8]
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