My Dear Jamal: Morocco Bound

When Joyce Edling was asked by her Amnesty group to write to Jamal Benomar. a Moroccan 'prisoner of conscience', little did she know what a convoluted adventure she was embarking upon, an adventure fraught with danger and romance. My Dear Jamal is a love story, told with compassion, warmth and humour set against a background of unimaginable cruelty, injustice and torture. Joyce exposes the underbelly of Moroccan political repression, the ruthless savagery of King Hassan's reign and the abuse of human rights, a face of Morocco normally hidden from view, in a deeply moving true story of the grim deprivation of prison walls. My Dear Jamal is not only a compelling read but an important one also. --- from book's back cover