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In A Mighty Heart an astonishingly courageous woman tells the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband's life and death. For five weeks, the world watched and worried about Danny Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. And then came the news of his shocking and brutal murder. Danny's reasons for being in Karachi, the complete story of his abduction, and the intense effort to find him are told here for the first time. Mariane and Danny Pearl were working in South Asia because they believed that good reporting is essential to our understanding of the complexity of regional politics and religions. They knew the risks inherent in the life they chose and took conscientious precautions.There are many mighty hearts in the Pearl story, many brave people who helped Mariane in her search for her abducted husband. This account is riveting, illuminating, and heart-breaking. We learn about the terrorists' methods, ideologies, and ruthless violence. As soon as Pearl was discovered missing, a global effort began to locate him and identify his captors -- a race against the clock that spanned the dangerous fissures of culture and politics and language that separate Islamic terrorists and America. Only one person can tell this story: Danny Pearl's wife, Mariane, for it is she who initiated and helped direct the urgent search for her husband and she who can paint a moving portrait of a marriage built on the ideals of truth, justice, and love.… (meer)
Op 23 januari 2002 verliet Daniel Pearl, verslaggever voor de Wall Street Journal in Pakistan, zijn huis in Karachi voor een geheime ontmoeting. Het was de laatste keer dat zijn zwangere vrouw Mariane hem leven zag. Daniel werd ontvoerd door Pakistaanse terroristen, die hem ervan beschuldigden voor de CIA te werken en de vrijlating eisden van alle gevangen Taliban- en Al Qaeda-strijders. Vijf weken lang verkeerde de wereld, en met name zijn vrouw Mariane, in onzekerheid over zijn lot, tot bekend werd dat hij was vermoord. In dit boek vertelt Mariane over het leven van haar man, en over de zoektocht na zijn verdwijning. Meer dan ooit is Mariane, zelf ook werkzaam als journalist, zich bewust van het feit dat bepaalde verhalen verteld dienen te worden, zelfs als het achterhalen ervan grote risico's met zich meebrengt. Weken van angst is een onvergetelijk boek waarin Mariane Pearl op indringende wijze de herinnering aan haar man levend houdt.
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Prologue I write this book for you, Danny, because you had the courage of this most solitary act: to die with your hands in chains but your heart undefeated.
Chapter One January 23, 2004. Four A.M. Dawn will soon rise over Karachi. Curled in Danny's warm embrace, I feel safe.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
It is as if the two groups--the Pakistanis and the Americans--inhabit entirely different worlds. The distrust is endemic.
In A Mighty Heart an astonishingly courageous woman tells the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband's life and death. For five weeks, the world watched and worried about Danny Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. And then came the news of his shocking and brutal murder. Danny's reasons for being in Karachi, the complete story of his abduction, and the intense effort to find him are told here for the first time. Mariane and Danny Pearl were working in South Asia because they believed that good reporting is essential to our understanding of the complexity of regional politics and religions. They knew the risks inherent in the life they chose and took conscientious precautions.There are many mighty hearts in the Pearl story, many brave people who helped Mariane in her search for her abducted husband. This account is riveting, illuminating, and heart-breaking. We learn about the terrorists' methods, ideologies, and ruthless violence. As soon as Pearl was discovered missing, a global effort began to locate him and identify his captors -- a race against the clock that spanned the dangerous fissures of culture and politics and language that separate Islamic terrorists and America. Only one person can tell this story: Danny Pearl's wife, Mariane, for it is she who initiated and helped direct the urgent search for her husband and she who can paint a moving portrait of a marriage built on the ideals of truth, justice, and love.
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