The 1989 Eugene Lee visit and Khomeini's fatwa.

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The NYS Writers Institute welcomes Eugene Lee to Albany later this month, nearly 30 years after the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwā ordering his execution forced the cancellation of a scheduled appearance in 1989.

Click on the thumbnails to see archived correspondence and news clippings from the cancelled Rushdie event of 1989.