Tag: Salman Rushdie
Rushdie’s attacker faces terror charges after shocking 25-year sentence
During sentencing, Matar addressed the court, expressing disdain for Rushdie and his work. “Salman Rushdie wants to disrespect other people,”…
Knife Attack: Why Salman Rushdie did not fight back – District Attorney
Schmidt made this revelation in Matar's ongoing trial which began on Monday, February 10 at the Chautauqua County court in…
Salman Rushdie strikes back, releases ‘Knife’
More than about an act of murderous violence, "Knife,” contains a love story. Rushdie recounts meeting, wooing and marrying the…
Salman Rushdie shares photo of new look six months after brutal attack
Rushdie himself released the photo via his Twitter handle on Tuesday 7 November in apparent reaction to the photo the…
What Salman Rushdie said in first ‘public outing’ after brutal attack
According to the BBC, in the interview Salman Rushdie's voice sounded as it ever did - witty, fie
Salman Rushdie loses one eye, hand
Still, the intriguing thing about the attack is that Wylie said he and Rushdie had talked about the possibility of…
New York attack: Salman Rushdie loses eye, hand
Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing Rushdie pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges when he…
What attack on Salman Rushdie means – Suzanne Nossel
Pen American champions freedom to write organized the event after Rushdie survived an assassination attempt last Friday. The event held…
Why I attacked Salman Rushdie – Hadi Matar
By Nehru Odeh Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old man who attacked famous novelist Salman Rushdie, has said the biggest reason for…
‘I’m surprised he survived’ – Hadi Matar reveals why he stabbed Rushdie
Matar, 24, said Salman Rushdie, 75, was “someone who attacked Islam” but did not confirm that his actions were driven…
Salman Rushdie: Mother of attacker makes strange revelations about son
Rushdie's life has been under threat since 1989 when the late Ayatollah Khomeini - leader of Iran's Islamic revolution –…
Author Rushdie awake and articulate; more details on attacker emerge
Award-winning author Salman Rushdie is awake and "articulate" in his conversations after being stabbed at least 10 times in the…
Salman Rushdie: Iran denies involvement in attack
Rushdie was stabbed onstage as he was about to deliver a lecture in New York State on Friday. He is…
Updated: Author Salman Rushdie off ventilator, able to talk
Rushdie's agent Andrew Wylie confirmed the development on Sunday. He said the author's injuries are “severe” but he is “on…
Rushdie’s assailant Hadi Matar pleads not guilty
The 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey was born in California. He recently moved to New Jersey
‘The devil on path to hell,’ Iranian newspapers celebrate stabbing of Rushdie
The assailant, Hadi Matar had stabbed Rushdie in the neck at a literary event in upstate New York Friday.
Salman Rushdie still on ventilator, may lose an eye after Satanic attack
His agent Andrew Wylie said Rushdie, 75, also suffered a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye,…
Travails of Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed
Though there were no immediate threats before this attack, it is not unconnected with the death threats the Indian-born novelist…
Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed
Rushdie is a multiple award-winning novelist, whose fame goes beyond borders and break boundaries, even though his freedom has been…
Rushdie battles for life, placed on ventilator, liver damaged
Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, was stabbed in the neck at a literary event in upstate New York…
Man who stabbed Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, named
Rushdie was stabbed in the neck at a literary event in upstate New York Friday. The assailant stormed the stage…
Reactions over attack on Salman Rushdie, the face of attacker
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing…
New York governor Hochul says Rushdie still alive
Rushdie was stabbed in the neck at a literary event in upstate New York Friday. An assailant stormed the stage…
Breaking: Salman Rushdie, author of Satanic Verses stabbed in New York on stage
Rushdie fell through a stage barrier following the attack, and witnesses told the Washington Post that they saw blood on…
Obioma, Rushdie, Atwood, 3 others contend for £50,000 Booker Prize
Nigeria's Chigozie Obioma is among six writers contending for this year's Booker Prize, the winner of which will be announced…