Denys Johnson-Davies

Denys Johnson-Davies (Arabic: دنيس جونسون ديڤيز; also known as Abdul Wadud) was a Canadian-born Arabic-to-English literary translator. Born in 1922 in Vancouver, Canada of English parentage, Johnson-Davies spent his childhood in Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, and Kenya, and then was sent to England at age 12. In his latter years he lived between Marrakesh and Cairo.