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First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Geert Wilders

Marked for Death: an anti-Islam rally cry for politicians

Do we live in the age of the civilisational warrior? And if so, what is that warrior's influence on the political events of our time?If you were to conduct an online search of stories using the terms "Obama" and "Muslim", it will almost certainly turn ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Abu Dhabi National ]

Entities: Geert Wilders, Anti-Islam, Islam, Civilization

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Salman Rushdie

Zuma painting an attack on blacks

THE controversial painting by Brett Murray which exposes President Jacob Zumaâs genitals cannot be classified as art but a personal attack on a black head of state by a white artist considered by some as a racist.The painting, titled âThe Spear â, is ... [ Published May 22 2012 by New Zimbabwe.com ]

Entities: Brett Murray, attack, Salman Rushdie

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Chinua Achebe

‘Things Fall Apart’ named one of the world’s 50 Most Influential Books

Chinua AchebeAn academic group based in San Antonio, Texas, USA, calling itself SuperScholar, has listed prolific Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe’s, bestseller, ‘Things Fall Apart’, now a movie with veteran Nigerian actor Pete Edoche starring as the lead ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Ghana Business News ]

Entities: Chinua Achebe, Rick Warren, Malcolm X, Salman Rushdie, Alex Haley

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Junot Díaz

The Book We're Talking About This Week: 'Aerogrammes' By Tania James

"Aerogrammes: And Other Stories" by Tania James Knopf, $24.00 Published on May 15, 2012What is it about?It is a book of short stories featuring Indian immigrants in different cities that, according to its blurb, "captures the yearning and dislocation ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Huffington Post ]

Entities: Aravind Adiga, Junot Díaz, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, Emotional Intelligence

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta set to make Masterpiece!

Although currently occupied with finishing Midnight’s Children (MC), Deepa Mehta has announced her next film, titled Masterpiece. After MC — her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name — hits theatres, she confirms she’ll move on to a film ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Hindustan Times ]

Entities: Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Komagata Maru, Henri Matisse

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Theres nothing unfilmable. Interpretation is everything

‘There’s nothing unfilmable. Interpretation is everything’After 31 years of gestation, several aborted attempts and four years of blood and sweat, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children will be seen on celluloid. The book has been dubbed “unfilmable” in ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Tehelka ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Sri Lanka, Canada

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 2 Documents

Martin Amis

The Millionaire Authors' Club

You think writers live in garrets? Think again. introduces the Millionaires Club, an exclusive band of authors whose books have sold more than a million copies. In Martin Amiss short story Career Move, Alistair, a screenwriter, has just finished his latest ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Martin Amis, Helen Fielding, James Fenton, Vikram Seth

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Salman Rushdie to headline Pen Pals series

Salman Rushdie, who spent nine years in hiding after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him for publication of "The Satanic Verses," will headline the next season of the Pen Pals lecture series. Other guests include mystery writer Dennis Lehane, ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, Roz Chast, Alice Kaplan, Armistead Maupin, Dennis Lehane

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Salman Rushdie joins writers protesting New York library revamp

Authors including Art Spiegelman and Mario Vargas Llosa send letter to Fifth Avenue library planning $300m restructuringMajor literary names including Salman Rushdie, Art Spiegelman and Mario Vargas Llosa are protesting the planned $300m restructuring ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, Art Spiegelman, Mario Vargas Llosa

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 2 Documents

University discards Rushdie books after protests

ISLAMABAD: After protests on the campus and outside by the students and common people, University of Peshawar syndicate on Tuesday set aside the Academic Council’s decision to include a controversial writer’s books in MPhil and PhD courses offered by ... [ Published May 02 2012 by The Gulf Today ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, University of Peshawar, Consortium

First Reported Apr 28 2012 - Updated Apr 29 2012 - 3 Documents

Pak varsity in a fix over Rushdie books

A Pakistani university’s move to include India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie’s two famous books ‘Midnight’s Children’ and ‘Shame’ in additional courses for MPhil and PhD has drawn the ire of students and teachers.Protests have been planned ... [ Published Apr 29 2012 by New Delhi Pioneer ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, University of Peshawar, Applied Linguistics

First Reported Apr 28 2012 - Updated Apr 28 2012 - 1 Documents

Protest over Rushdie books

Students and teachers of Peshawar University are agitated over the inclusion of two books of Salman Rushdie $ Midnight's Children and Shame $ in M.Phil and Ph.D courses offered by the Department of English.Describing Mr. Rushdie as a "blasphemer'' students ... [ Published Apr 28 2012 by The Hindu ]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, protest, Religious Extremism, Imran Khan

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This is an Emmys post: HBO edition [ Published Apr 23 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Let's peek inside HBO's Emmy FYC campaign package Over the past few days, the 15,000 members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences received the mother lode of FYC campaign packages: HBO's big box. Inside were these DVDs: COMEDY BOOK: "Angy Boys" ...
Christopher Hitchens’s Memorial: Sean Penn, Mar... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by VF Daily ]
Another Furor in India Over Planned Appearance ... [ Published Mar 14 2012 by ArtsBeat ] Salman Rushdie is scheduled to speak Friday at a conference in New Delhi. ...
Famous novelists in NYT "T Magazine" fashion sp... [ Published Mar 03 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, Dennis Cooper, Peter Carey & Richard Ford "showing off the season’s stand out shirts". SALMAN RUSHDIE Untitled Memoir (September) Textured narrative Salvatore Ferragamo shirt, $430. Call (800) 628-8916. His own tie. ...
Live Performance Will Be Bigger Part of PEN Wor... [ Published Mar 01 2012 by ArtsBeat ] The annual PEN World Voices literary festival, to be held this year from April 30 through May 6, will include Herta Muller, Martin Amis, Ludmila Ulitskaya, festival chairman Salman Rushdie and a contingent from the Middle East, as well as E.L. Doctorow, ...

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