Salman Rushdie

Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie speaks during his sentencing hearing at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Chautauqua, New York, on May 16, 2025.

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Salman Rushdie assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison

The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

16 May, 2025

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Salman Rushdie: Hezbollah say they knew nothing about attack

The New Arab Staff

13 August, 2022

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Explainer: Why was Salman Rushdie attacked?

The New Arab Staff

13 August, 2022

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Salman Rushdie attacker 'sympathetic to Shia extremism'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

13 August, 2022

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Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

13 August, 2022

Salman Rushdie was attacked as he was about to give a lecture [Getty File Image]

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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

12 August, 2022

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The ayatollah, the novelist and the fatwa

14 February, 2019

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Misinterpreting the word 'fatwa'

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Roland Laffitte

12 May, 2016

Salman Rushdie [AFP]

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Iran boycotts Frankfurt Book Fair over Salman Rushdie invite

The New Arab & agencies

08 October, 2015

Arab cartoonists respond to the attack on Charlie Hebdo

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Don't fear the death squads

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Hamid Dabashi

19 January, 2015