Born in 1976 in a small village in Iran’s Mazandaran province, Alinejad grew up in a conservative household where veiling was ...

In Knife, the novelist goes back to Chautauqua, where he was nearly killed in a 2022 attack.

A man charged with the attempted murder of renowned novelist Salman Rushdie in 2022 was found guilty in a New York court on Friday. A Chautauqua County jury found Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview ...

One of the world's greatest novelists, Salman Rushdie has won many prestigious international literary awards and was knighted ...

The jury deliberated for less than two hours. The attacker was also found guilty of assault for injuring a man onstage with Rushdie. The New Jersey man had pleaded not guilty to both charges.

In New Memoir Knife, Salman Rushdie Reflects on Being Attacked in 2022: ‘What Do I Imagine I Could Have Done?’ Rushdie testified on Tuesday, Feb. 11, saying he had just sat down on stage when ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022. Matar, 27, was found guilty of ...

A jury has found Hadi Matar, the man who brutally stabbed author Salman Rushdie on a stage in front of a live crowd back in 2022, guilty of attempted murder on Friday. NBC’s Maya Eaglin reports for ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for the attack on Salman Rushdie. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for the charges. (This story was ...

Hadi Matar, 27, now faces a sentence of more than 30 years in prison, along with federal terrorism-related charges ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors delivered the verdict ...

Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie at an event in New York, has been found guilty of attempted murder. Jurors delivered the verdict on ...