Salman Rushdie
How Iran exploited Rushdie’s Satanic Verses
Middle East
August 16, 2022
How Iran exploited Rushdie’s Satanic Verses
(CNN) – Nearly 10 years after he was driven underground, Salman Rushdie believed he was free. The author had been…
Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
Middle East
August 15, 2022
Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
CNN) – Iran denied any link to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and cast the blame on the author and…
Snowden, Rushdie back calls to uphold independence of French daily Le Monde
World
September 13, 2019
Snowden, Rushdie back calls to uphold independence of French daily Le Monde
Around 500 leading writers, artists and activists, including US whistleblower Edward Snowden and novelist Salman Rushdie, on Friday signed an…
Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon
Middle East
February 11, 2019
Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon
Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for…
Rushdie warns of new dangers to free speech in West
Books
October 19, 2015
Rushdie warns of new dangers to free speech in West
Violence against writers and a misplaced sense of political correctness pose new dangers to freedom of speech in the West,…
War of words: Accusations of plagiarism after Rushdie work is translated twice
Books
November 5, 2012
War of words: Accusations of plagiarism after Rushdie work is translated twice
Salman Rushdie is a name well-known to Arabic readers, although his fame doesn’t really come from his books. Instead, it…
Rushdie says writers losing influence in West
Books
October 1, 2012
Rushdie says writers losing influence in West
Salman Rushdie believes literature has lost much of its influence in the West, and movie stars like George Clooney and…
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
Books
January 21, 2012
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
Muslim activists in India on Saturday said they would lodge a complaint with police after Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic…
The Arab Novel: Freedom of religion, freedom of literature
Books
December 14, 2010
The Arab Novel: Freedom of religion, freedom of literature
Sunday marked the opening of the fifth International Forum for Arab Novel Creativity in Cairo, held at the Cairo Opera…