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Salman Rushdie’s health is improving, his agent says
Aug 14 (Reuters) – Salman Rushdie, who is no longer on life support, is improving, his literary agent said on Sunday. “He is no longer on a ventilator, so the…
‘The news is not good’: Salman Rushdie on ventilator in serious condition
Salman Rushdie, author of ‘Satanic Verses’ and target for more than 30 years of a fatwa from Iran, was placed on a ventilator after being stabbed in the neck and…
Knife attack on star author – What we do and don’t know about the attack on Salman Rushdie – News
After the attack on Salman Rushdie, in which the author was injured, the suspect had to appear in court for the first time on Saturday. He is being held in…
Iran: Salman Rushdie’s assailant praised by conservative press
Iran’s main ultra-conservative daily, Kayhan, congratulated on Saturday the man who stabbed the world-famous British writer Salman Rushdie, author of “Satanic Verses”, the target for more than 30 years of…
Salman Rushdie stabbed: “A fatwa, once issued, no one can ever withdraw it”
Writer and journalist Abnousse Shalmani considers Salman Rushdie “one of the greatest living writers of magic realism, along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez”. “My first reaction is to be upset and…
Salman Rushdie: Author is no longer ventilated and can speak again
Salman Rushdie The author is no longer ventilated and can speak again Salman Rushdie was attacked in an open stage on Friday. © Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.com After the knife attack…
The attack on Salman Rushdie demonstrates “the ubiquity and resilience of a multifaceted jihadist phenomenon on the very soil of the West”
Ln February 14, 1989, on the eve of the withdrawal of the Red Army from Afghanistan, Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, issued the fatwa condemning…
Attack against Salman Rushdie: sales of his book The Satanic Verses soar
This Saturday afternoon, three editions of the book topped Amazon’s book sales barometer. The attack on Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in the United States, renewed public interest in the…
Salman Rushdie attack suspect charged with attempted murder
Matar, a 24-year-old from Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned late Friday for attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault, county attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement. Schmidt said state and…
Salman Rushdie bombing suspect charged with attempted murder
Matar, a 24-year-old from Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned late Friday for attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault, county attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement. Schmidt said state and…
Salman Rushdie must win the Nobel Literature, according to Bernard-Henri Lévy
Writer Salman Rushdie, hospitalized in serious condition after being stabbed in the United States on Friday, must win the Nobel Prize for Literature, which will be awarded in October, argues…
Sales of ‘Satanic Verses’ up after Salman attack
Rushdie NEW YORK (awp/afp) – The attack on Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in the United States, has renewed public interest in the author’s work, in particular his 1988 novel…