Daniel Pearl

Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist. He had American and Israeli citizenship. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Encino, Los Angeles. He was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and later murdered by al-Qaeda member Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan. Pearl was kidnapped while working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India.

In July 2002, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl's abduction and murder.

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Other websites

The Daniel Pearl Foundation

Rewards for Justice Daniel Pearl Page

South Asian Journalists Association Roundup

Wall Street Journal selection of stories by Daniel Pearl

Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute, IDC Herzliya

Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship

DANIEL PEARL AWARD - École de journalisme de Sciences Po

1963 births

2002 deaths

American people murdered abroad

Jewish American writers

Journalists from California

Journalists from New Jersey

Kidnapped American people

Murders by blade weapons

Naturalized citizens of Israel

People from Princeton, New Jersey

People murdered in Pakistan