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According to the co-founder of City of Asylum, Henry Reese (who was scheduled to interview Rushdie), the novelist had promised him just before they went onstage together that he would tour the United States to create new opportunities for the asylum and protection of persecuted artists.
Aug 14, 2022 · Henry Reese, co-founder of City of Asylum, was with Rushdie when he was stabbed at a speaking event in New York. He said the attack felt unreal and was a violation of free expression.
Aug 17, 2022 · Henry Reese, 73, was barely able to open his blackened right eye as he spoke late Tuesday to the BBC about last Friday’s attack at the Chautauqua Institution, about 55 miles south of Buffalo.
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Aug 13, 2022 · Henry Reese, co-founder of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, was moderating a lecture by Rushdie when he was stabbed by a man. Rushdie, a prominent writer and free speech advocate, was also attacked and critically injured.
Aug 17, 2022 · The moderator who was on stage with Salman Rushdie when the author of The Satanic Verses was stabbed, has said that he himself is doing “quite well” and expressed concern for the writer who is ...
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Aug 11, 2023 · Henry Reese is the co-founder of City of Asylum, a Pittsburgh organization that grants sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. He also intervened to save author Salman Rushdie from a stabbing attack in 2022, earning his gratitude and recognition.
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Aug 16, 2022 · The man who was about to interview Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution last Friday when a would-be murderer ran onstage with a knife is a 73-year-old former telemarketing entrepreneur from...
