Mouffok Rachid

Rachid Mouffouk (born 29 January 1955) is an Algerian sculptor.

Early life and background Rachid was born the 29 January 1955 in Batna with his twin brother. Being very small and physically weak, his family believed that he would not survive because of it. He began attending primary school in 1962.

Work Mouffouk's first sculpture was that of Diana, the goddess of hunting in Roman mythology, on a piece of wood that sculptor Mohamed Houfani gave to him. The company director offered him a chance to expose his sculpture at the site. In 2010 Rashid lost the use of his three fingers of the right hand, which he uses for his creations. in an accident that occurred in his workshop Two months after the accident, Rachid created a metal sculpture entitled Mes trois doigts (My three fingers).