Rachid Mimouni (In 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.

He was president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and he also held the position of vice-president at Amnesty International.