Comments on: The Pearl Project

By: Sin

Sin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Barbara’s an old friend, and an excellent teacher. I hope the course lives up to its promise.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:43:06 +0000

Jonathan: Check this by Nomani for wheels within wheels theory.

By: Umar

Umar — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:45:20 +0000

Anyone remember Shaheen Sehbai? He could help on this one…

By: dk

dk — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:25:13 +0000

Arre, I was hoping this would be a post about the movie, and about Irrfan Khan.

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:53:02 +0000

I thought the question of who killed Daniel Pearl was reasonably well established: have I not been paying attention? Or are there wheels within wheels that have to be uncovered?

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:24:59 +0000

Thanks for bringing this to attention.

I also wonder if press freedom and safety for journalists unknown in the Western world but who are operating in the “Muslim world” [I have serious issues with that description, but I won't go into it here:)] will figure in in this seminar. For example, over 100 journalists who have attempted to cover Balochistan, who dig for information and follow stories have been either detained, harrassed, threatened, and/or killed by the Pakistani military. These journalists might not have high profile deaths and glamorous names in the Western media (here I mean Western European and American), but these are journalists who are on the ground and courageously reporting the military’s abuses and flagrant violation of human rights- they’re not “hotel journalists” or “telephone journalists.” The journalists who cover FATA and the NWF are in the same predicament.

Hope they get some attention at this seminar…