Humphrey Davies (194–2021) was an award-winning literary translator of Arabic into English. He received a first class honors degree in Arabic at Cambridge University and holds a do...view moreHumphrey Davies (194–2021) was an award-winning literary translator of Arabic into English. He received a first class honors degree in Arabic at Cambridge University and holds a doctorate in Near East Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. He won and was hortlisted for numerous literary prizes, and was twice awarded the prestigious Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. He translated Naguib Mahfouz, Elias Khoury, Mourid Barghouti, Alaa Al-Aswany, and Bahaa Taher, among others.view less