Mariane Pearl

Mariane Pearl
Mariane Pearl in 2003.
Born	Mariane van Neyenhoff (1967-07-23) 23 July 1967 (age 49) Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	Glamour
Spouse(s)	Daniel Pearl (1999-2002; his death)
Children	Adam Daniel Pearl (born on May 28, 2002)

Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (born 23 July 1967) is a French freelance journalist and a former reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, an American journalist who was the Southeast Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. He was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002, during the early months of the United States' War on Terror.

Pearl published a memoir, A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl (2003), about her husband and his life. It was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 2007.

Mariane van Neyenhoff was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, to a Dutch-Jewish father and Cuban mother of Afro-Chinese Cuban- descent. Her paternal grandfather was a diamond merchant in the Netherlands. Marianne and her brother Satchi Van Neyenhoff were raised in Paris, where they both started their careers. Satchi Van Neyenhoff became a sound editor.

Van Neyenhoff started in journalism. She became a reporter for international Glamour magazine. In addition, she had a column with the magazine, known as the Global Diary Column. She explored aspects of globalization as seen through fashion and its business elements.

Van Neyenhoff met American journalist Daniel Pearl in 1999, while he was on assignment in Paris.

They married in August 1999 in Paris. After Pearl was promoted to South Asia Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, they lived for a time in Mumbai, India. She also traveled with him to Karachi, Pakistan, to cover aspects of the United States' War on Terrorism. In 2002 he was kidnapped after meeting a source for dinner. Pakistani militants announced the abduction. They murdered Daniel Pearl by beheading on February 1, 2002. The Pearls' son Adam Daniel was born in Paris four months after his father had been murdered. Mariane Pearl is a practicing Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai International.