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The author tells the AP that he feels about 25 now

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Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech

Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech. Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book Knife. Rushdie: "I'm not scared of the future, but I'm scared of it. It's the future"

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Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP

Nearly two years after knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same. Rushdie: "He feels about 25, he feels about about 25" Rushdie says he feels like he did two years ago when he was stabbed in London.

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Author Salman Rushdie speaks to Yalda Hakim about being attacked on stage

Salman Rushdie remembers thinking that "this must be the end" after being attacked at a literary event in 2022. The Booker Prize winning author speaks to Yalda Hakim about being attacked on stage. Rushdie: "I remember thinking that this must have been the end of my life"

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What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality? : Consider This from NPR

Salman Rushdie is famous for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. Iran's supreme leader issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie a year after it was published. Rushdie moved to New York in 2000, and was able to resume the public life of a popular author. He has chronicled his brush with death in his new memoir 'KNIFE'

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Salman Rushdie and his wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths confront past attack in new memoir

Salman Rushdie and his wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths confront past attack in new memoir. Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen more than a dozen times in western New York in 2022. He and Griffiths join "CBS Mornings for first joint live interview.

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To deny the threat of fundamentalist Islam is an insult to Salman Rushdie’s bravery

To deny the threat of fundamentalist Islam is an insult to Salman Rushdie’s bravery. Free speech is deeply precious, but it is a democratic value that I fear we haven’t passed on to the next generation. To deny a threat to freedom of speech is a serious insult to Rushdie's bravery.

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Salman Rushdie reveals his wife chartered $20K plane to reach him

Satanic Verses author reveals his wife chartered $20K plane to reach him. Rushdie opened up about the assassination attempt on stage at a New York literary festival in August 2022 that cost him an eye. The assassination attempt cost Rushdie an eye and cost him $20,000.

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Salman Rushdie answers Telegraph readers’ questions

Salman Rushdie answers Telegraph readers' questions about his work. Send yours in the form below to find out what you really want to know about Rushdie's work. Have you ever had a question? Send it to the Mail Online home to the author's answers below.

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Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir

“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed. Rushdie: "Knife" is a look at the writer's long recovery from a stab wound to his life. The book is published by Ian MacIntosh, a friend of Rushdie, who died in 2012.

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