Broadcast on April 29, 2004
A French journalist and practicing Buddhist, Mariane Pearl is the widow of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists in Pakistan four months after the September 11 attacks. During this time, she was pregnant with their first child.
In her memoir "A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl," she offers a close up reflection on the human dynamics of the war on terror and the courage of the Pakistani security officers who fought to find and save her husband. Mariane Pearl doesn't perceive her husband's death as a defeat. She says that years of Buddhist practice and chanting gave her the clarity to see exactly what the terrorists goals were, and how to resist them -- a spiritual practice of defiance that sustains her even today. Host Krista Tippett talks with Mariane Pearl about her story and how she's given it meaning.
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