Humphrey Davies (1955-2021) translated some twenty-five works of modern and pre-modern Arabic literature, including five Elias Khoury novels and Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq’s Leg Over Leg (1855), respectively. He read Arabic at the University of Cambridge, received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and -- before publishing his first translation in 2003 -- worked for community development and research organizations in Palestine, Tunisia, Sudan, and Egypt. He lived in Cairo and was affiliated with the American University of Cairo. This photo was taken of him cleaning Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's grave in Hazmieh, Lebanon.
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