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The journalist and the Jihadi, the murder of Daniel Pearl, Distant Horizon presents ; a Moving Picture Company and a First Take production ; in association with HBO Documentary Films ; written by Amit Roy ; concept and story, Farrukh Dhondy ; produced by Ramesh Sharma, Ahmed A. Jamal, Anant Singh ; directed by Ahmed A. Jamal, Ramesh Sharma

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The journalist and the Jihadi

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Distant Horizon presents ; a Moving Picture Company and a First Take production ; in association with HBO Documentary Films ; written by Amit Roy ; concept and story, Farrukh Dhondy ; produced by Ramesh Sharma, Ahmed A. Jamal, Anant Singh ; directed by Ahmed A. Jamal, Ramesh Sharma

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the murder of Daniel Pearl

"Tracks the parallel lives of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearlman and jihadi Omar Sheikh. Both highly educated individuals from privileged backgrounds, one was a humanist who spent most of his career reporting from the Islamic world on a quest to promote cross-cultural understanding; the other was a militant who ultimately chose a deeply violent path. After 9/11, their paths crossed in Pakistan, with tragic consequences"--Container

Killing of humanity -- Formative years -- Dividing lines -- Professional jihadi -- Finding love -- Finding hate -- On the trail of Al Qaeda -- Becoming a marked man -- The set-up -- Seeking Gilani -- Nobadmashee -- Held hostage -- Omar Sheikh -- Truth emerges -- Trying to understand

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Murder of Daniel Pearl