Ruth Pearl, the mother of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who turned the profound and lasting agony of losing a son into a life of activism, outreach and bridging cultural divides, has died at her home in Los Angeles.
Ruth Pearl and her husband Judea Pearl, center, talk with President George W. Bush at a White House reception in 2007.
In a final plea, Pearl — by now frail with lung disease — and her husband recorded a YouTube video in May, asking the Pakistani courts to reverse their decision. A hearing is set for late August. One of three children, Daniel was a classically trained musician who made sure to take his violin case when he went off to Stanford to study journalism. He had an innate hunger to understand other cultures, a curiosity that led him to Pakistan and a fateful reporting mission to uncover Al Qaeda activities and funding.
“I said, ‘Danny, this is a dream that I had. Please humor me and answer this email immediately.’" she said. "He never did." Instead, they went the opposite direction, founding the Daniel Pearl Foundation and giving journalists from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and North Africa an opportunity to work in American newsrooms. The foundation, which Pearl essentially ran as its CEO, also sponsors concerts, cultural events and annual lecture series at UCLA and Stanford to discuss tolerance and understanding.
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