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Salman Rushdie calls out a troll for threatening him on Twitter

While prolific writer Salman Rushdie is still recovering from a brutal attack last year, a Twitter user recently threatened to harm the Booker Prize-winning author on social media. Reacting to it, Rushdie took to Twitter and called out the troll.

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie speaks of 'crazy dreams' about knife attack in New York

Salman Rushdie has spoken for the first time about having "crazy dreams" following the near-fatal knife attack on him in New York in August last year, which has left the Mumbai-born author blind in one eye, and working with a therapist to help him process the mental impact of the…

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack, praising ‘heroes’ who saved him

A surprise speaker at the Pen America gala, the author said ‘if it had not been for these people, I most certainly would not be standing here’

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Iranian Foundation Offers Land to Salman Rushdie’s Attacker

An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salman Rushdie recovering but still struggles to write after NY attack left him half-blind, traumatized

Author Salman Rushdie is making progress after an attack last August left him badly injured, but he’s still struggling to write, he said in his first interview since the incident.

Tribune News Service

Sir Salman Rushdie tells of ‘gratitude’ in first interview since ‘colossal’ New York knife attack

The Indian-born British author suffered severe, life-changing injuries, including losing sight in one eye, following the attack

Evening Standard

Sir Salman Rushdie says he finds it difficult to write in first interview since losing sight in one eye in stabbing

Sir Salman was left with several life-changing injuries in the attack

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Sir Salman Rushdie feels ‘gratitude’ in first interview since attack last year

The Indian-born British author suffered severe, life-changing injuries, including losing sight in one eye, following the attack in New York.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie breaks silence after knife attack left author fighting for his life

Sir Salman Rushdie, who wrote the controversial novel The Satanic Verses, was attacked at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on August 12 last year by 24-year-old Hadi Matar

Daily Mirror

US sanctions Iran-based group that put bounty on Salman Rushdie

Treasury Department accuses the 15 Khordad Foundation of inciting violence by offering a bounty of more than $3m.

Al Jazeera

US sanctions Iranian group that put up bounty on Sir Salman Rushdie

The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that raised money to target Sir Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event in New York.

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand, his agent says

Literary agent Andrew Wylie told newspaper El Pais that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso after a stabbing attack in August.

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Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and use of hand after ‘brutal’ stabbing, says agent

Novelist was stabbed around 12 times on stage at Chautauqua Institution two months ago

The Independent UK

Report: Salman Rushdie Lives, but Loses Use of Eye and Hand

Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. Literary agent Andrew Wylie told…

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Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand after stabbing attack

The 75-year-old author, whose novel The Satanic Verses prompted calls for his death, was knifed in the neck and torso more than dozen times two months ago

The Independent UK

Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

Salmon Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack by a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of hand after stabbing, says agent

Sir Salman was stabbed around 12 times on stage as he was due to deliver a lecture in New York in August

The Independent UK

Booker Prize winner: Attack on Salman Rushdie caused me to self-censor

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the prize just over two months after Sir Salman was stabbed in New York.

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The Independent UK

Witness protection order in Sir Salman Rushdie case to be discussed next week

The writer’s alleged attacker, Hadi Matar, appeared at Chautauqua County Court in New York state for a fifth time on Friday.

The Independent UK

US considering Iran sanctions over Salman Rushdie attack

American officials weigh fresh sanctions as prospects of nuclear deal revival fade

The Independent UK

Request for witness protection order made in Sir Salman Rushdie attacker case

District attorney Jason Schmidt wants to keep the identities of potential witnesses secret.

The Independent UK

Prosecutors in Rushdie attack want delay to review evidence

The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that prosecutors say they need more time to review it

Salon

Authors attacked like Salman Rushdie

"Satanic Verses" wasn't the first novel to provoke a fanatic who has no grasp of literature's nuances

The Conversation

Salman Rushdie wasn't the first novelist to suffer an assassination attempt by someone who hadn't read their book

Hadi Matar, the man charged with the attempted murder of the distinguished novelist Salman Rushdie, admitted that he had only “read like two pages” of “The Satanic Verses,” Rushdie’s 1988 novel that angered fundamentalist Muslims around the world. Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatalloh Ruhollah Khomeini, who announced a fatwa calling…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Normally Tranquil Town, Shock over Rushdie Attack Persists

When Emily Sack saw a young man leap at Salman Rushdie on the stage of a cultural center in western New York state, it happened so suddenly that she barely realized she was witnessing an attack on the author's life, AFP reported. Like many other residents of the Chautauqua Institution…

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