Derb Moulay Cherif

Hassan of Morocco used this site for clandestine purposes

Derb Moulay Cherif (Arabic: درب مولاي الشريف) is a neighborhood in Hay Mohammadi, 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,[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.

In literature

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]

See also

• Tazmamart

References

1. Slyomovics, Susan (2001). "A Truth Commission for Morocco". Middle East Report (218): 18–21. doi:10.2307/1559305. ISSN 0899-2851. JSTOR 1559305.
2. Brown, Claudia (2001-04-13). "Morocco's Survivors / Activists shed light on 'dark years". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
3. "سعيدة المنبهي الماركسية التي أوصت الجميع أن "يتذكروها بفرح"". فبراير.كوم | موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
4. 🇲🇦 Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela | Al Jazeera World, retrieved 2021-07-16
5. "صلاح الوديع: المتصالح مع الذات والتجارب". أحداث.أنفو (in Arabic). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
6. Yabiladi.com. "Organisations secrètes marocaines #2 : Ila Al Amam, de l'ombre de la clandestinité aux geôles des années de plomb". www.yabiladi.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-16.
7. "Quand un Marocain interpelle son tortionnaire" (in French). 1999-04-22. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
8. "ابن الوليد ينبش ذاكرة الاعتقال السياسي بالمغرب". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.