Iran Boycotts Rushdie… Again

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October 8, 2015 | 1

Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa has come back to haunt Salman Rushdie once again. Iran is threatening to boycott the Frankfurt Book Fair because Rushdie was invited to give the keynote speech. You could also read our essay on how Rushdie passed the time while in hiding.

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“Of course the evening ends with Abbi and Ilana in the bath, together, passing their ‘weed’ from one mouth to another. But I am chilled, less comforted somehow. How are these people anything less than confused, every hour of every day? How on earth, how in all of Eros, do women know which vote to cast, which life to elect as their own?” The Diary of Anaïs Nin While Watching Broad City courtesy of Laura Eppinger at The Rumpus.

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One comment:

  1. Where are the PEN ******* running to Rushdie’s defense?
    I’m guessing we won’t see it.
    This obviously being an instance of the subaltern re-asserting Himself at the level of the geo-political….

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