77-year-old Sir Salman Rushdie discusses knife attack ordeal, advocates free speech.

77-year-old author Sir Salman Rushdie, who faced a knife attack in August 2022 and lost sight in his right eye, discussed his ordeal at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The Booker Prize-winning author, who faced death threats since the publication of The Satanic Verses, has written a book about the attack titled "Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder." Rushdie emphasized the importance of free speech, arguing that "the best answer to bad speech is better speech."

August 17, 2024
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