“Well, you know, I’ve been better,” Salman Rushdie told The New Yorker. “But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad.”
and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. I’m doing a lot of hand therapy, and I’m told that I’m doing very well.”
Rushdie, 75, lived in hiding for years after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death because of the alleged blasphemy of the novelBut he had long since moved about freely, with minimal security, and did not feel any sense of risk about appearing at the Chautauqua Institution, a non-profit education and retreat centre in western New York, last August.The alleged assailant, Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and attempted murder.
During his interview, he noted ruefully that sales for his book had soared after the stabbing, as if he were more popular when in danger.On Monday, he tweeted a picture of himself, staring directly into the camera lens – his face thinner than in photos from before the stabbing, his right eye covered by a dark lens in his glasses frame.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Now that I've almost died, everybody loves me': Salman Rushdie gives first interview since stabbingMonths after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has 'frightening' nightmares.
Read more »
Live: Türkiye aftershocks captured on live TV, and Salman Rushdie gives first interview since stabbing. Catch up with The LoopThe news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.
Read more »
Fact-checking units and media outlets ‘guilty of spreading’ misinformationIt’s time to call out the activists who populate the “so-called fact-checking units” and social media giants “stupid enough to listen to them,” says Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The latest Twitter Files revelations concerning ‘Hamilton 68’ and the false claims of Russian influence show that too often media outlets and fact-checking units who shout the loudest about ‘misinformation’ are guilty of spreading it or turning a blind eye,” she said. “Nothing sees these activists rendered deaf, blind and mute quicker than climate alarmism.” Ms Panahi said any positive claims about the state of the climate will see “biased operators” launch into action and declare the information as “false or lacking context”. “Last week President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre Bjorn Lomborg called out those charged with reducing disinformation for promoting disinformation,” she said.
Read more »
'Now that I've almost died, everybody loves me': Salman Rushdie gives first interview since stabbingMonths after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has 'frightening' nightmares.
Read more »
Live: Türkiye aftershocks captured on live TV, and Salman Rushdie gives first interview since stabbing. Catch up with The LoopThe news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.
Read more »
Transurban CEO Scott Charlton to step downTransurban boss Scott Charlton will step down at the end of the year as the company delivered record first-half earnings from its toll roads.
Read more »