Tag: Salman
King Salman declares public holiday after historic Saudi win over Argentina
The victory of the Saudis against the Argentina of Lionel Messi for their first match of the World Cup (2-1) did not fail to react in the Gulf. A resounding…
Two and a half months after his attack, Salman Rushdie is still suffering
Stabbed in August in the United States, the British writer Salman Rushdie has since lost the sight of one eye and the use of one hand, among other serious consequences,…
Author Salman Rushdie suffered serious injuries from the stabbing — he lost sight in one eye, the nerves in his arm were permanently damaged
Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York in August when he was about to start a presentation at a literary festival. The writer who was wounded in a stabbing in…
Famous authors read for Salman Rushdie
The demonstration outside the New York City Library – called “Stand with Salman” – was organized, among others, by American Pen. Participants included Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Gay Talese and…
“Rehabilitating Mohamed bin Salman paves the way for repression”
Saudi human rights activist with the organization ALQST, Lina al-Athloul discusses the 34-year prison sentence of Salma al-Chehab, arrested and tried for having signed tweets in support of women’s rights…
Salman Rushdie is no longer on life support
News Published on 08/15/2022 at 4:02 p.m. Updated 08/15/2022 at 4:02 p.m. Reading 2 mins. His agent spoke on Sunday evening. The hospitalized writer, stabbed several times last Friday, would…
Hadi Matar, the route of the assailant who wanted to kill Salman Rushdie
“When I heard he had survived, I was amazed.” The murderous design of the man who stabbed writer Salman Rushdie is in little doubt and emerges relentlessly and coldly in…
“I learned to grow up without fear”: Salman Rushdie, his confidences since 1989
It was on February 14, 1989 that Rouhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader in Iran, issued the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, asking “all zealous Muslims” to execute the author of the…
Salman Rushdie stabbed: these personalities still under threat from Islamist fundamentalism
Their movements are restricted. Their attention always alert. Their freedom partly eaten away. Targeted by terrorist organizations or singled out by religious dignitaries, they are under the perpetual threat of…
Salman Rushdie: freedom against Islamist obscurantism, by Anne Rosencher
There is, at the heart of Song of the supporters, a sentence that arouses, when it occurs, a tremendous emotion: “Friend, if you fall, a friend comes out of the…