{"id":512764,"date":"2022-11-20T03:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T00:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/salman-rushdie-turning-page-after-knife-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T03:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T00:17:23","slug":"salman-rushdie-turning-page-after-knife-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/salman-rushdie-turning-page-after-knife-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"#Salman Rushdie turning page after knife attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a239cbfb1b76\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/salman-rushdie-turning-page-after-knife-attack\/#%E2%80%9CSalman_Rushdie_turning_page_after_knife_attack%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Salman Rushdie turning page after knife attack&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSalman_Rushdie_turning_page_after_knife_attack%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Salman Rushdie turning page after knife attack&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>An Iran-supporting extremist took the sight in his right eye and nearly killed him, but Salman Rushdie\u2019s indomitable creative\u00a0spirit \u2014 and sense of humor \u2014 still remain \u201cintact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old author, who was attacked\u00a0during a lecture in August in western New York by a knife-wielding Lebanese-American from New Jersey, has\u00a0his 13th novel\u00a0\u201cVictory City\u201d coming out in February, and friends say he\u2019s in good spirits while in recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s able to joke about his condition with a smile on his face,\u201d former BBC exec Alan Yentob <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/rebirthed-remarried-and-sense-of-humour-intact-inside-salman-rushdies-recovery-cqn5x93n8\">told The Sunday Times of London<\/a>. \u201cI think partly he does it to make people close to him think he\u2019s not sitting there, and a different Salman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, a camera was set up in the Bodleian Library in Oxford to allow the India-born author to tune in from 3,500 miles away in New York as other acclaimed writers read his work as a tribute, including excerpts from his new novel and other writings.<\/p>\n<p>For participants, it was more than just a chance to show their solidarity for Rushdie, who was stabbed because of his \u201cThe Satanic Verses\u201d that he wrote more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Rushdie was seen being loaded into a MedEvac helicopter.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Rushdie was loaded into a MedEvac helicopter after he was attacked while on stage at an event in Chautauqua, New York earlier this year.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Rushdie is treated by emergency personnel after he was stabbed on stage.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-212.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Rushdie suffered serious injuries from the attack.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">TMX\/Mary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>om via REUTERS<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Hadi Matar appears in court on charges of attempted murder and assault.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-209.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Hadi Matar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing in court in August on charges of attempted murder and assault on the 75-year-old author.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">REUTERS<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s another function, too,\u201d said novelist Ian McEwan, \u201cwhich is just to remind us that Salman is not primarily a victim: he\u2019s primarily a wonderful writer. Hearing his work and . . . not just to see him as some symbol of free speech, but as a marvelous writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEwan also said he\u2019s \u201cexchanged emails\u201d with his fellow novelist and that Rushdie\u2019s sense of humor is \u201cintact,\u201d so \u201cI should think everything else is too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie has long faced death threats over the 1988  novel, which some Muslims believed challenged and mocked some of the religion\u2019s key tenets. Rushdie was attacked on stage on Aug. 12 at the Chautauqua Institution, two minutes after starting an interview about how America can be a haven for persecuted writers. ie, in dream sequences, challenges and sometimes seems to mock some of its most sensitive tenets.<\/p>\n<p>In the August attack Rushdie \u2014 who previously spent many years in hiding because of a $3 million Iranian bounty on his head \u2014\u00a0was stabbed at least 10 times, suffering a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Chautauqua Institution.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-211.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    The attack happened on Aug. 12 at the Chautauqua Institution.<br \/>\n                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">News Licensing \/ MEGA<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Ian McEwan, British author.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/salman-rushdie-215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    British author Ian McEwan also said that Rushdie&#8217;s sense of humor is &#8220;intact.&#8221;                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">onas Walzberg\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Days later, his alleged attacker, Hadi Matar, of Fairview, NJ,\u00a0told The Post in an exclusive jailhouse interview he was \u201csurprised\u201d the novelist survived the attack.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 24-year-old\u00a0was mum on whether he was inspired\u00a0by the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie\u2019s death in 1989 over \u201cThe Satanic Verses,\u201d citing a warning by his defense attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Following his hospital discharge, Rushdie remains under the care of his fifth wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, a 44-year-old US poet whom he married last summer.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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