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Salman Rushdie says a new Palestinian state would be ‘Taliban-like’

Author argues ‘it’s very strange for young, progressive student politics to kind of support a fascist terrorist group’ in Hamas

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

Salman Rushdie says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’

Novelist, who teaches at New York University, says he finds it strange that progressive students currently ‘kind of support a fascist terrorist group’

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

The week in TV: The Responder; Spacey Unmasked; Doctor Who; Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly – review

Martin Freeman’s compromised cop makes an arresting return, Kevin Spacey is further accused in an uncomfortable documentary, the 15th Doctor is riotous fun, and Salman Rushdie speaks of his knife attack

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

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Leïla Slimani: ‘Salman Rushdie’s books made me feel I could become a writer’

The Lullaby author on identifying with Jo in Little Women, being terrified of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and why we’re still in debt to Steinbeck

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly review – a harrowing first-person account of a knife attack

The British-Indian writer relives his horrific 2022 stabbing in shocking detail – and opens up about how heading back to the scene of the crime helped him

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

How to watch 'Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly' online from anywhere

"The Satanic Verses" author is now coming to terms with being attacked on stage in the U.S. and how AI has helped him do that — watch online anywhere.

Tom’s Guide · May 7, 2024

TV tonight: Salman Rushdie tells his extraordinary story of being attacked

The author opens up about being stabbed multiple times in 2022. Plus: Eurovision kicks off its finale week with a live semi-final from Sweden. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

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Salman Rushdie, Ai Weiwei and a knife in the eye

Despite enormous threats to their life and work, the writer and the artist remain steadfastly courageous and optimistic. Here’s why we need more like them

The Hindu · May 3, 2024

‘A literary voice for the ages’: Paul Auster remembered by Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates and more

The critically acclaimed American writer has died aged 77. Here, contemporaries pay tribute to his life and work

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024

On my radar: Shami Chakrabarti’s cultural highlights

The politician and lawyer on Salman Rushdie’s remarkable memoir, Manchester’s magnificent music school and powerful depictions of wars both real and imagined

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

Salman Rushdie’s Knife: Poignant, but the writer plays second fiddle to the activist

A little more than a decade ago, speaking at a conclave in India, Salman Rushdie reminded his audience of how the ancient Indian text Natya Shastra had specific mention of the gods defending the idea of freedom of expression and, more specifically, in the realm of arts. In particular, Rushdie…

Newslaundry · Apr 27, 2024

‘Ours was a love story, not an attempted murder story’: Rachel Eliza Griffiths on the day her husband, Salman Rushdie, was stabbed

They had only been married for 11 months when the world-famous novelist was attacked by a frenzied knifeman. His wife remembers the intense drama of hearing the news, and the traumatic aftermath

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech

Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book Knife

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a life interrupted

While the author’s account of the 2022 murder attempt is a courageous defence of free speech, it is also shot through with self-regard, making it a sometimes hard book to admire

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

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WEKU · Apr 17, 2024

Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely

Salman Rushdie is a storyteller. So when you ask him to describe the day, in 2022, when he was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife, Rushdie paints a vivid picture.

TechRadar · Apr 16, 2024

Salman Rushdie's censorship interview is a reminder to use a VPN

As Rushdie highlights the slippery slope of censorship in the US, it's never been more important to acknowledge the power of a VPN.

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024

Knife by Salman Rushdie review: only a novelist could write like this about being stabbed

This is a book, says Salman Rushdie, that he’d much rather not have needed to write. And no wonder. It’s an account of the 27-second attack on him by a young Lebanese-American Islamist on August 12, 2022, which very nearly killed him. The attacker stabbed him repeatedly, in the neck,…

France 24 · Apr 16, 2024

Salman Rushdie recalls stabbing in first memoir since near-fatal attack

British-American author Salman Rushdie recounts the 2022 stabbing at a public event that left him blind in one eye in "Knife", his first memoir since the near-fatal attack, which hits English language bookstores on Tuesday. The French edition, "Le Couteau", will be released Thursday.

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International Business Times · Apr 16, 2024

Salman Rushdie Recounts Stabbing In New Memoir 'Knife'

British-American author Salman Rushdie recounts the near-fatal stabbing at a public event in 2022 that left him blind in one eye and his journey to healing in his new memoir "Knife," which hits stores Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

‘Why didn’t I fight? Why didn’t I run?’: 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife

The new memoir about the author’s near fatal attack reveals premonitions, PTSD nightmares and being protected by a ‘greater force’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love

A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far beyond his attempted murder and recovery

WEKU · Apr 15, 2024

5 takeaways from Salman Rushdie's new memoir 'Knife'

Nearly two years after the renowned author was stabbed on stage in Chautauqua, N.Y., Rushdie's new memoir unpacks everything he's been feeling since the attack.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024

‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle

Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’ on the day he was attacked

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024

Sir Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed on stage in 2022

He described the man appearing as ‘the last thing my right eye would ever see’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024

‘So it’s you. Here you are’: Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed

In first TV interview since his stabbing, writer tells how knifeman was ‘last thing my right eye would ever see’

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