William M. Hutchins is an American academic, author and translator of contemporary Arabic literature. He He is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at...view moreWilliam M. Hutchins is an American academic, author and translator of contemporary Arabic literature. He He is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His translations include the Cairo Trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz and A Land without Jasmine by Wadji al-Adhal. He has also translated the work of Tawfiq al-Hakim, Nawal El-Saadawi, Muhammad Khudayyir and Ibrahim al-Koni, and others.view less