Fourth novel by Salman Rushdie, infamous for blasphemy controversy and its impact on free speech
Salman Rushdie has been named the 39th recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Distinguished Contribution to American Letters award. The ceremony in Manhattan on Nov. 18 will also honor Perri Klass with the Literarian Award. Rushdie, who has built a career across South Asia, London and New York, has published more than 20 works and survived the 2022 stabbing attack.
A set of articles shows Islamophobia remains pervasive in the US and UK, while Muslim Americans and British Muslims are increasingly civically engaged. Surveys indicate negative views persist, even as public demonstrations and political rhetoric clash with rising political participation within Muslim communities.
A new documentary by Ross McElwee, Remake, and a related memoir, trace creativity’s lure and the cost of truth-telling as a filmmaker contends with memory, loss and the ethics of filming. The film blends archival footage, family history and intimate self-scrutiny to explore how documentary practice can become a performance under the gaze of the camera.
Three Iranian-born men have gone on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of conducting surveillance in London that prosecutors say assisted Iran’s intelligence service and aimed to enable serious violence against critics including two Iran International journalists and a UK lawyer. The defendants deny the charges and have pleaded not guilty.