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{{short description|American foundation}}
{{infobox organization
|name = Daniel Pearl Foundation
|image = Logo Daniel Pearl Foundation.png
|size = 300px
|abbreviation =
|formation = 2002
|type = [[Nonprofit organization|Non-profit]]
|headquarters = [[Encino, Los Angeles]], California, US
|leader_title =
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| revenue = $119,037<ref name="Ratings">{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/030/030393564/030393564_201601_990.pdf | title=Daniel Pearl Foundation | date= | website=Foundation Center | accessdate=18 January 2018 }}</ref>
| revenue_year = 2015
| expenses = $218,189<ref name="Ratings" />
| expenses_year = 2015
|website = [http://www.danielpearl.org/ www.danielpearl.org]
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The '''Daniel Pearl Foundation''' is a foundation based in the United States. The foundation was formed by his parents [[Ruth Pearl|Ruth]] and [[Judea Pearl]] after musician and [[Wall Street Journal]] reporter [[Daniel Pearl]] was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fax |first=Julie Gruenbaum |title=Iraqi Survivor Ruth Pearl Fostered Harmony and Understanding in Memory of Son Daniel Pearl |url=https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2024/05/36486-iraqi-survivor-ruth-pearl-fostered-harmony-and-understanding-memory-son-daniel |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=USC Shoah Foundation |language=en}}</ref> The foundation was founded in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hennessy |first=John |date=2007-07-01 |title=One Who Made a Difference |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/one-who-made-a-difference |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=stanfordmag.org |language=en}}</ref> The organization's mission is to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications. The foundation has also made charitable donations to the [[Daniel Pearl Magnet High School]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-16 |title=Daniel Pearl Foundation donates $100,000 |url=https://highschool.latimes.com/daniel-pearl-magnet-high-school/daniel-pearl-foundation-donates-100000/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

The honorary board of the Daniel Pearl Foundation includes [[Christiane Amanpour]]; former President [[Bill Clinton]]; [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]]; Danny Gill; [[John L. Hennessy]]; [[Ted Koppel]]; [[Queen Noor of Jordan]]; [[Sari Nusseibeh]]; [[Mariane Pearl]]; [[Itzhak Perlman]]; [[Harold M. Schulweis]]; Craig Sherman; [[Paul Steiger]]; and [[Elie Wiesel]].

==Initiatives==

Daniel Pearl was a [[violin]]ist in addition to being a journalist. To honor his musical spirit and promote tolerance, '''Daniel Pearl World Music Days''' is a network of global concerts celebrated each year from October 1 to 15, (around the journalist's birthday). According to its website, Daniel Pearl World Music Days uses "the power of music to promote tolerance and inspire respect for differences". The first Daniel Pearl World Music Days was held on October 10, 2002, and now yearly includes more than 8,900 performances in 119 countries.

Other initiatives by the foundation include:

* PEARL World Youth News provides an online journalist certification course for High School students.
* Annual Daniel Pearl Journalism and Editorial Fellowships bring foreign journalists and editors to work for six months in a US newsroom.
* Daniel Pearl Media Internship Program provides media internships to young Israelis and Palestinians who have attended a peace camp.
* The Daniel Pearl Dialogues for Muslim-Jewish Understanding is a traveling public dialogue in which professors Judea Pearl and Akbar Ahmed discuss Muslim-Jewish relationships.
* Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Journalism is an annual award split into two parts, one for American journalists and one for international journalists.

Recipients of the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism include [[Bari Weiss]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crown Author Bari Weiss Receives the 2021 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism |url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/crown-author-bari-weiss-receives-the-2021-daniel-pearl-award-for-courage-and-integrity-in-journalism/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=penguinrandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.danielpearl.org Daniel Pearl Foundation] Official website
* [http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org Daniel Pearl Music Days]

[[Category:Arts foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Arts organizations based in Los Angeles]]

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