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Salman Rushdie recovering but still struggles to write after NY attack left him half-blind, traumatized

Author Salman Rushdie is making progress after an attack last August left him badly injured, but he’s still struggling to write, he said in his first interview since the incident.

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‘What I actually look like’: Salman Rushdie shares first selfie since 2022 attack

Novelist was stabbed around 12 times in New York last year

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Rushdie says 'very difficult' to write after stabbing

New York (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie said he finds it "very difficult" to write after being stabbed last year, in an interview published Monday ahead of the release of his new novel "Victory City."

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Sir Salman Rushdie tells of ‘gratitude’ in first interview since ‘colossal’ New York knife attack

The Indian-born British author suffered severe, life-changing injuries, including losing sight in one eye, following the attack

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Sir Salman Rushdie says he finds it difficult to write in first interview since losing sight in one eye in stabbing

Sir Salman was left with several life-changing injuries in the attack

Wales Online

Sir Salman Rushdie feels ‘gratitude’ in first interview since attack last year

The Indian-born British author suffered severe, life-changing injuries, including losing sight in one eye, following the attack in New York.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie breaks silence after knife attack left author fighting for his life

Sir Salman Rushdie, who wrote the controversial novel The Satanic Verses, was attacked at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on August 12 last year by 24-year-old Hadi Matar

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie reflects on nightmares and recovery after ‘colossal’ stabbing attack

‘I sit down to write, and nothing happens. I write, but it’s a combination of blankness and junk,’ author said

The Independent UK

‘An idiot’: Salman Rushdie on the man who stabbed him in the face

The author, who has lost 40 pounds since the incident and been left blind in one eye, has given his first in-depth interview months after the attack in New York last summer

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Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack

London (AFP) - Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel "Victory City", an "epic tale" of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city.

Evening Standard

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review: Bravo to this funny, cynical, bewildering mix of satire and fantasy

The author’s first novel since he was attacked last year celebrates the merits of pluralism, and the dreariness of fanaticism

The Guardian - UK

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review – a lavish fairytale

Completed before he was attacked last year, Rushdie’s magic realist epic about a 15th-century Indian empire has an infectious sense of fun

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel Victory City after 2022 attack

Author is still recovering after being stabbed on stage in New York last year

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The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel after attack

Author will not appear at launch events for Victory City, his first book since he lost the use of one eye and one hand after being stabbed, his agent has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Met police urged to prosecute Iranian accused of backing Rushdie fatwa

Officers are reviewing a dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in London, of encouraging terrorism

The Guardian - UK

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review – a knotty chronicle of intra-dynastic rivalry

The author’s new novel – a retelling of a fictitious Sanskrit verse saga – employs a kind of autopilot postmodernism, and lacks the verbal gusto of his early works

The Independent UK

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review: Stories outlast tyrants in this vibrant, sweeping tale

In his first novel since last summer’s brutal on-stage attack, Salman Rushdie’s exuberant writing remains a source of pleasure

Reuters

Iran and Britain's history of strained relations

British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he had denied.

Reuters

Iran and Britain's history of strained relations

British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities sentenced to death British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he denies.

The Independent UK

Hanif Kureishi says Salman Rushdie has written to him every day since horrific fall

Author said this week that he’d begun to believe ‘things might improve’ for first time since accident

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