Mariane Pearl is the widow of journalist Daniel Pearl who was murdered by terrorists. She has shown incredible strength and has written a compelling memoir "A Mighty Heart" which has been made into a feature movie staring Angelina Jolie. Mariane Pearl also writes a monthly Global Diary for Glamour Magazine which features heroic and inspiring women from around the world. She has also been named one of the 2007 Women of the Year by Glamour Magazine.
Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (born July 23, 1967) is a French freelance journalist and a reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002.
Pearl was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France to a Dutch-Jewish father and an Afro-Chinese-Cuban mother. Note: this article is also on the Institute for Jewish & Community Research website (link). She was raised in Paris and met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment there.
In this book, Mariane introduces us to Danny Pearl as he was when he was alive while also providing a heart-breaking first person account of his disappearance and death.
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Mariane Pearl named one of the 2007 Women of the Year by Glamour Magazine
Mariane Pearl is in good company as one of Glamour Magazine's 2007 Women of the Year. Other 2007 women named are: Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Edwards, Empowering Hands, Jennifer Garner, Dr. Victoria Hale, Female Presidents of the Ivy League, Donna Karan, Lara Logan, Lorena Ochoa, Nancy Pelosi, Shonda Rhimes and Alice Waters.
Read the article and Angelina Jolie's heartfelt comment here.
In Search of Hope
The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl
In 2006, Mariane Pearl set out on a round-the-world journey in search of proof that hope is stronger than hatred. Every month, she features stories about the heroic and inspiring women she meets in this journey in her Global Diary for Glamour Magazine. The stories are alarming, but show us how ordinary women, despite harrowing odds, can change the world for the better. This book goes behind the scene and and offers never-before-seen photographs from her travels. Glamour Magazine will donate 100 percent of its proceeds and royalties from In Search of Hope to charities selected by the women profiled.
The Daniel Pearl Foundation was formed by Pearl's family and friends to continue Pearl's mission and to address what they consider the root causes of his death, in the spirit, style, and principles that shaped Pearl's work and character.
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The Daniel Pearl Foundation was formed by Pearl's family and friends to continue Pearl's mission and to address what they consider the root causes of his death, in the spirit, style, and principles that shaped Pearl's work and character.
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