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Omar El Akkad in Conversation

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Speaker
Omar El Akkad
Location
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Belvedere Road
Organisation
Southbank Centre

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against is an urgent reckoning with life in the West. Join the book’s author and Misan Harriman to dig deeper. The award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad discusses his international bestseller, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. This is a book for those who have tired of moral emptiness. This is a book for everyone who wants something better. El Akkad was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award and the Oregon Book Award. His books have been translated into 13 languages. His debut novel, American War, was named by the BBC as one of 100 novels that shaped our world.

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