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Joy for Salman Rushdie as he welcomes a new grandchild! Natalie and his son Zafar announce the arrival of their second daughter - two years after the novelist's knife attack


Salman Rushdie has something to celebrate as the birth of his son Zafar's second daughter was announced on Instagram on Sunday night.

The award-winning author, 77, was stabbed as many as ten times on stage as he prepared to give a lecture in New York that August, and lost an eye and the use of one hand. In an emotional video shared to her Instagram account Natalie said she has a 'long struggle' ahead explaining that her lungs need to heal and that her liver has been damaged. 'It is time to recover at home, I have a long struggle ahead of me building my strength, my lungs need to heal, my liver has been damaged, my body is covered in bruises I am now immune compromised and I have to rebuild my confidence.

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