Tucson Festival of Books

Mimi Nichter

Ellen Duperret

Mimi Nichter is an award-winning cultural anthropologist and a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of Arizona. A Margaret Mead award recipient, she authored "Fat Talk: What Girls and their Parents Say about Dieting," as well as the recent released "Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma and Resilience," written about her being held as a hostage in Jordan in 1970.

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Awards: Margaret Mead Award

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan

Scheduled events:

Lessons from the Middle East

The Middle East has long been a cauldron of conflict and differing perspectives. Learn how multiple administrations addressed it, and the personal toll of those decisions. What was it like to experience a hijacking? How did a member of the Syrian elite become an activist during the Arab Spring?

Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)

Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Loubna Mrie, Mimi Nichter, Daniel Zoughbie
Moderator: Bruce Wright

I Will Survive!

Witness the remarkable stories of three women who survived war, abuse, terrorism and incarceration, each carving out her own powerful path to healing. Their journeys illustrate the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity to rebuild in the aftermath of profound adversity.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)

Sun, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Mimi Nichter, Reality Winner, Atash Yaghmaian
Moderator: Heather Severson

Book:

Hostage

A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Potomac Books
March 2026
ISBN 9781640126848
240 pages