Rachid Mimouni
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| Born | 20 November 1945 |
| Died | 12 February 1995 (aged 49) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Rachid Mimouni (Arabic: رشيد ميموني; 20 November 1945 – 12 February 1995) 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.[1]
Rachid Mimouni was born in Boudouaou, 30 km from Algiers to a family of poor peasants.[2]
Mimouni studied science at the University of Algiers before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce (business school) in Algiers. He was president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and 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. Prior to his death, he had been "living in Morocco for the past two years".[3]
