Samuel Thrope is a writer and translator based in Jerusalem where he is currently a fellow with the Martin Buber Society at Hebrew University. Born and raised in Arlington, Massachusetts, Thrope earned his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in Jewish and Zoroastrian Studies. He is the author of numerous articles and most recently published The Israeli Republic, an English translation of Iranian writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s travelogue Safar beh Velayat-e Ezrael.