Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (b. July 23, 1967 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French freelance journalist[1] and a reporter and columnist[2] for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl,[3] the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002. Of Dutch-Jewish, Afro-Latino-Cuban and Chinese Cuban ancestry[4][5][6] and raised in Paris, Van Neyenhoff met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment in Paris.[7] They married in August 1999,[1] lived for a time in Mumbai, India where Daniel was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, and later traveled to Karachi, Pakistan to cover aspects of the war on terrorism. Their son Adam Daniel was born in Paris three months after his father was killed.[8] Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart, which deals with the events surrounding her husband's kidnapping and assassination, was adapted for the film A Mighty Heart. Co-produced by Brad Pitt, Andrew Eaton and Dede Gardner[9] and directed by Michael Winterbottom, the film stars Angelina Jolie and Dan Futterman as Mariane and Daniel Pearl.[10][11][12][13] Mariane Pearl is a practicing Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai International.[14][15][16] Her brother Satchi Van Neyenhoff is a sound editor.[4][17]
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Daniel Pearl Foundation
Pearl is a member of the honorary board of the Daniel Pearl Foundation[18] with international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, former President Bill Clinton, Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, president of Stanford University John L. Hennessy, founding Nightline anchorman Ted Koppel, Queen Noor of Jordan, Palestinian professor and president of Al-Quds University Sari Nusseibeh, violinist Itzhak Perlman, Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel, Daniel Pearl's parents Ruth and Judea Pearl, and others.
Lawsuit
In July 2007, Pearl filed suit in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York[19][20] against terrorists and a bank which may have financed them, for their alleged roles in the abduction, torture and murder of her husband. Those named in the suit include Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Habib Bank. On October 24, 2007, the lawsuit seeking damages against al-Qaida, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank was dropped. Lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted that Habib Bank Limited and the other defendants in the case had not answered the lawsuit filed in July (although Habib Bank Limited had denied ever supporting terrorism)[21], but they otherwise did not explain their reason for dropping the action.[22] A spokesman for the lawyers has stated that the withdrawal was due to personal reasons and should have no bearing on the merits of the lawsuit.[21]
Book
- A Mighty Heart. Mariane Pearl and Sarah Crichton. New York: Scribner, 2003. ISBN 0-7432-4442-7, ISBN 978-0-743-24442-8.
Filmography
- Tout le monde en parle (2003)[23]
- The Robert MacNeil Report (2002)
- American Morning (2002)
References
- ^ a b Jim Lehrer interviews Mariane Pearl, the wife of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. (html). The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting Service (18 March 2002). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Global Diary (html). Glamour magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Bill Broadway (15 January 2005). Intersection of Faith and Freedom: Richmond Group That Promotes Religious Tolerance Presents Listing of Top 10 Issues (html). The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-06-19. “Participants on the panel included Mariane Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl; Edwin Gaustad, analyst of American religion, professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; Robert O'Neil, director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, Virginia; Tommy Baer, former president, B'nai B'rith International; Shabbir Mansuri, founding director, Council on Islamic Education in Fountain Valley, California.”
- ^ a b Mariane Pearl. The woman who gave me my strength (html). Glamour Magazine, August 2006 issue (the article is also on the Institute for Jewish & Community Research website). “People sometimes ask where I get the strength to hold on to my dreams and ideals, or simply to nurture hope. I tell them we are all born with courage—what matters is what you use this courage for.”
- ^ Heller McAlpin (2 October 2003). Collateral Damage (html). Christian Science Monitor. “She writes of their shared idealism and their disparate bloodlines - Daniel's Iraqi Jewish mother and Israeli-born father, her own Dutch-Jewish father and Cuban-black-Hispanic-Chinese mother - the sum of which makes their son Adam genuinely a citizen of the world.”
- ^ Andrew O'Hehir (21 May 2007). Beyond the Multiplex (html). Salon.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-16. “Winterbottom has observed that trying to find an actress who was half Dutch, a quarter Cuban and a quarter Chinese was not realistic.”
- ^ Larry King Live: Transcript of Interview With Mariane Pearl (html). Larry King Live (19 March 2002). Retrieved on 2007-06-19. “KING: Would you tell us how you met? PEARL: We first met in Paris in front of the Paris de Plaise (ph), that's where the president of France stays. I was dancing with my mother. My mother and I would dance a lot together, because of our Cuban origins. So he started dancing also…”
- ^ Pearl's widow gives birth to their son Adam Daniel Pearl (html). CNN (30 May 2002). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Justin Chang. "A Mighty Heart: Cannes Film Festival Review", Variety, 21 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-16. "In his first studio venture, Michael Winterbottom coaxes forth a staggering wealth of detail from this terse, methodical account."
- ^ Scott Bowles (10 October 2006). Jolie and Pitt, with 'Heart'. USA Today.
- ^ Agence France Presse (4 May 2007). Angelina Jolie and Mariane Pearl discuss 'A Mighty Heart'. Turkish Daily News.
- ^ Teresa Wiltz (23 June 2007). A Part Colored By History (html). The Washington Post, p. C01.
- ^ Asra Q. Nomani (24 June 2007). A Mighty Shame (html). The Washington Post.
- ^ A Spirit of Defiance: Transcript of Radio Program. (html). Speaking of Faith from American Public Media (19 October 2006). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Bill Broadway (23 March 2002). Widow's Strength Inspires Faithful; Public Statements Demonstrate Pearl's Buddhist Beliefs (html). The Washington Post. HighBeam.com (abstract). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Bill Broadway (6 April 2002). Pearl's widow champions Buddhist beliefs, inspires the faithful (html). The Washington Post. Buddhist Fellowship news features. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
- ^ Satchi Van Neyenhoff at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Daniel Pearl Foundation. (html). About the Daniel Pearl Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-06-18. “The foundation's mission is to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications.”
- ^ "Pearl Widow Sues Pakistan Bank Over Murder of Husband (Update5)." (html). Bloomberg (18 July 2007). “The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl sued Pakistan's largest bank and 23 individuals for their alleged role in the abduction, torture and murder of her husband more than five years ago. The case is Mariane Pearl v. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 07- cv-2908, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn).”
- ^ Reuters (18 July 2007). "Mariane Pearl sues al Qaeda over husband's killing." (html). Yahoo! News. “Plaintiffs seek to hold responsible those terrorists, terrorist organizations and the supporting charitable and banking organizations for the senseless kidnapping, torture and murder of Daniel Pearl,” the suit said. It seeks an unspecified amount of money, whatever the court "deems appropriate," to prevent the defendants from committing similar acts.”
- ^ a b Reuters (25 October 2007). Pearl widow drops lawsuit against al Qaeda. ABC News (Australia). “"The withdrawal was done for personal reasons that had nothing to do with the merits of the lawsuit," a spokesperson for Mrs Pearl's lawyers Motley Rice said... The bank denied [, saying that] it had never supported terrorism.”
- ^ Associated Press (24 October 2007). Daniel Pearl’s widow drops terror lawsuit: Wife of murdered journalist sought damages from al-Qaida, Pakistan bank. MSNBC. “Mariane Pearl was represented by Motley Rice, a law firm based in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The firm has brought other suits against Middle Eastern banks and companies on behalf of Sept. 11 victims.”
- ^ Mariane Pearl at the Internet Movie Database.
