Rachid Mimouni (Arabic: رشيد ميموني; November 20, 1945 – February 12, 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher, and human rights activist.

Mimouni wrote novels that showed Algerian society in a realistic way. He faced threats from Islamic militants because he opposed a movement he believed was based on old-fashioned ideas that were not relevant to modern times.

Biography

Rachid Mimouni was born in Boudouaou, 30 kilometers from Algiers, to a family of poor farmers.

Mimouni studied science subjects at the University of Algiers before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce (business school) in Algiers. He served as president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and also worked as vice-president at Amnesty International. He left Algeria for France in 1993 to escape the civil war and the killing of intellectuals. He died in Paris in 1995 from hepatitis. Before he died, he had been "living in Morocco for the past two years."