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Peter Theo Curtis (born 1968) is an American journalist who was released by al-Nusra Front in August 2014, after being held hostage for almost two years, and the former cellmate of Jewish American war photographer Matt Schrier, who escaped after 7 months of captivity. Curtis got stuck in a window during the escape and was left behind after Schrier's efforts to pull him free. ==Early life and career== Peter Theophilus Eaton Padnos was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Michael Padnos, a writer now living in Paris, and Nancy Curtis. He received his bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont and his doctorate from in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.〔 He is fluent in French, Arabic, German, and Russian. He moved to Vermont and taught poetry to prisoners of a local jail. His first book, ''My Life Has Stood a Loaded Gun'', was written about this experience.〔 He then relocated to Yemen, where he continued writing under the pen name Theo Padnos. Padnos began his study of Islam in Yemen at Dar al-Hadith,〔( Five Hostages )'', Lawrence Wright, July 6, 2015, ''The New Yorker''.〕 before moving to Damascus, Syria to enroll in an Islamic religious school.〔 He published a second book, ''Undercover Muslim'', about Islamic extremism. After its publication, Padnos changed his name to Peter Theo Curtis to make travel in the Middle East easier.〔 Since he had declared allegiance to Islam in public, the book could be interpreted as apostasy.〔 In 2012, he became a freelance journalist. He then moved to Antakya, Turkey, near the Syrian border, where he was kidnapped in October 2012 while planning to enter Syria with the intentions of writing an article about abducted journalist Austin Tice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Theo Curtis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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