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'''Mariane Pearl''' (born '''Mariane van Neyenhoff''' on [[July 23]], [[1967]] in [[Clichy-la-Garenne]], [[France]]) is the widow of [[Daniel Pearl]], the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in [[Pakistan]] in early 2002.

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Mariane is of Afro-Cuban and [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] ancestry, and was raised in [[Paris]], [[France]]. She is a [[freelance]] [[journalist]] who met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment in Paris; they married in August 1999. They lived in [[Bombay]], [[India]], where he was the ''Wall Street Journal'''s [[South Asia]] bureau chief, later traveling to [[Karachi]], Pakistan, to cover aspects of the [[War on Terrorism]].

'''Mariane Pearl''' (born '''Mariane van Neyenhoff''' on [[July 23]], [[1967]] in [[Clichy-la-Garenne]], [[France]]) is the widow of [[Daniel Pearl]], the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter who was [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]] and murdered[[murder]]ed by [[Terrorism|terrorists]] in [[Pakistan]] in early [[2002]].

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Mariane Pearl is of [[Afro-Cuban]] and [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] ancestry, and was raised in [[Paris]], [[France]]. She is aA [[freelance]] [[journalist]], whoshe met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment in Paris;. they They married in [[August]] [[1999]]. They lived in [[Bombay]], [[India]], where he was the ''Wall Street Journal'''s [[South Asia]] bureau chief for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', later traveling to [[Karachi]], Pakistan, to cover aspects of the [[War on Terrorism]].

On [[January 23]], [[2002]], on his way to an interview with a supposed terrorist leader, Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by a militant group calling itself The [[National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty]]. This group claimed he was a spy, and sent the [[United States]] a range of demands, including the freeing of all Pakistani terror detainees, and the release of a halted U.S. shipment of [[F-16]] fighter jets to the Pakistani government. Photos of him handcuffed with a gun at his head and holding up a newspaper were attached.

After her husband's deathwas killed, MarianePearl authored the [[memoir]] ''[[A Mighty Heart]]''. The book is, currently being adapted into a [[film]] starring [[Angelina Jolie]] and [[Dan Futterman]]. She is a co-founder of the Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org.)

Nine days later, Pearl was beheaded. His body was found in a shallow grave in the outskirts of Karachi on May 16, and was brought home to the United States. Ten days later, Mariane gave birth to a son, Adam D. Pearl, in Paris, France.

Mariane Pearl is a co-founder of the [http://www.danielpearl.org Daniel Pearl Foundation.] She is a [[reporter]] and "Global Diary" [[columnist]] for ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour Magazine]]''.

After her husband's death, Mariane authored the memoir ''[[A Mighty Heart]]''. The book is currently being adapted into a film starring [[Angelina Jolie]] and [[Dan Futterman]]. She is a co-founder of the Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org.)

Mariane is a reporter for ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' where she writes the "Global Diary" column.

==Sources==

*[http://www.danielpearl.org Daniel Pearl Foundation.]

*Pearl, Mariane, and Sarah Crichton, ''A Mighty Heart'', [[New York City|New York]]: [[Scribner]], 2003. ISBN 0-7432-4442-7.

*[http://www.glamour.com/news/globaldiary Mariane's "Global Diary" column] in ''Glamour Magazine''].

*[http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/pearl/index.shtml Interview with Mariane Pearl] on NPR'sthe ''[[National Public Radio]] show, "Speaking of Faith'']."

[[Category:1967 births|Pearl, Mariane]]