JOURNALIST AND THE JIHADI DVD

Movie Description:
Tracks the parallel lives of Wall Street Journal reporterDaniel Pearl and jihadi OmarSheikh. Both highly educated individuals from privilegedbackgrounds, one was a humanistwho spent most of his career reporting from the Islamic world on a quest to promote cross cultural understanding; the otherwas a militant who ultimately chose a deeply violent path. After 9/11, their paths crossed in Pakistan, with tragic consequences.