ALBAWABA - Controversial writer Salman Rushdie made his first public appearance since the New York attack last August. However, the August attack was not the first attempt to kill Rushdie. Rushdie appeared for the first time since he lost one of his eyes, at PEN America’s annual gala on Thursday night. The writer of the controversial book, The Satanic Verses, said: "The attack on books, the attack on teaching, the ...