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9 months ago

Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder for 2022 attack that left writer blind in his right eye

The man found guilty of attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison…

10 months ago

The author recalls the attack that almost killed him in an honest, terrifying and life-affirming memoir

On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was at a literary conference in Chautauqua, New York, about to…

12 months ago

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

‘Whatever the attack was about, it wasn’t about The Satanic Verses.” So insists…

Hadi Matar, an immigrant from Lebanon, was 'on a mission' when he stormed the stage in Chautauqua, upstate New York and attacked the author from behind.

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