Webinar SeriesWelcome to the ASMEA Webinar Series. Throughout the year we will host discussions with seasoned scholars and practitioners on a variety of topics affecting the Middle East and Africa. These webinars are free and open to the public. Registration is required. Attendees who require a "Certificate of Attendance" can contact Emily Lucas at [email protected] after the event. View past webinars here. Upcoming Webinar: Remembering a CIA Coup in Iran That Never WasJoin ASMEA and Mr. Peter Theroux for the webinar "Remembering a CIA Coup in Iran That Never Was" on March 16, 2026 at 12:00 pm (ET). Register Here
His original work includes the nonfiction Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabic; Translating LA; and The Strange Disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr. He has translated novels from a wide variety of Iraqi, Egyptian, Nubian, Saudi Arabian, Lebanese, and Palestinian dialects. Authors he translated include Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Abdelrahman Munif, Emily Habiby, and Idris Ali. He was awarded the Columbia University Translation Award for his work. Theroux attended Harvard University (AB 1978) and the University of Cairo. He received an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Mary's College in 1997. Theroux wrote the foreword to Professor Fouad Ajami’s posthumous autobiography, When Magic Failed: A Memoir of a Lebanese Childhood, Caught Between East and West. |
Peter Theroux is a translator, author, and analyst that has spent much of his career in international affairs. During his career, he has worked for the National Geographic Society doing fieldwork in Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria and produced fifteen books.