[Tlc] C-Passing of Dith Pran

[Mike Yared]

I was curious on well the Cambodia genocide was
reported int he Western Press. Since the New York
Times and the Washington Post statred mentioned around
1976.

See for example
http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/1980/05b.html

Thanks
Mike Yared
mikeyared at yahoo.com

--- justinm at ucr.edu wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> As most of you have heard, Dith Pran passed away
> today. Although I am not a scholar of Cambodia
> Studies, I was touched by Dith Pran. When I was 19,
> I decided to undertake a historical study of the
> Khmer Rouge for my senior thesis at Boston College.
> I was a Classics Major (focus on Latin literature),
> but I was so inspired by the life of Dith Pran and
> members of the Cambodian Refugee community I had met
> in Boston in 1992, that I decided to switch majors
> and poured myself into research on Cambodia. I
> called Dith Pran at his office in New York and
> without asking for any honorarium or travel expenses
> from Boston College, he agreed to drive to Boston,
> let me interview him for two hours, and give a
> public talk to history majors (and many other people
> who, of course, rushed to see him speak at the last
> minute). I was 19 year old Latin student, I didn't
> know a word of Khmer, had yet to take a course on
> Southeast Asian history, and still, Dith Pran took
> time out of his busy schedule t!
>  o !
> !
> visit me and my institution. He was a great help in
> my research after that point. I valued his mentoring
> and kindness. I am sure that folks in Cambodia
> Studies who knew him much much better than I did,
> will have more substantive and important things to
> say about him and his career, but, I just thought I
> would selfishly take my chance to tell him "thank
> you again" in cyberspace. If not for Dith Pran, my
> life would probably consist of translating Cicero,
> and if you have ever read Cicero, you know that
> isn't much of a life.
> 
> See the announcement of his passing at:
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/31/cambodia.pressandpublishing
> 
> With regrets,
> justin 
> 
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