Humphrey Davies, noted translator of Arabic literature, dies

Humphrey Davies, an award-winning translator into English of some of the most important and renowned works of contemporary Arabic literature, including novels by Egyptian Nobelist Naguib Mahfouz and prominent Lebanese writer Elias Khoury, died Nov. 12 at a hospital in London. He was 74.

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