Rachid Mimouni


Rachid Mimouni was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist.
Mimouni wrote novels describing Algerian society in a realist style. He was threatened by Islamic militants for his stance against a movement which he described as being based on archaic ideas, irrelevant in the present time.

Biography

Rachid Mimouni was born in Boudouaou, 30 km from Algiers to a family of poor peasants.
Mimouni studied science at the University of Algiers before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce in Algiers. He was president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and he also held the position of vice-president at Amnesty International. He fled Algeria for France in 1993 to escape the civil war and the assassinations of intellectuals. He died in Paris in 1995 of hepatitis.

Works