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Journalist Mariane Pearl continues to push forward her husband’s search for truth

I HAVE KNOWN MARIANE PEARL FOR 15 YEARS, as a friend, mother, journalist, champion of the voices of women and an unconquerable spirit. We came together over a shared concern for displaced people, and in 2007, I had the privilege of being involved in a film telling her story. Eighteen years after her beloved husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was murdered at the hands of terrorists in Pakistan, I spoke to her about overcoming trauma, raising a child in the wake of a tragedy and her perspective on the current moment.

The facts are clear, and those responsible for Danny’s death belong in prison. The other day, [my son] Adam’s honorary godfather called me from Pakistan. He wanted to share that everyone

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