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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

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A National Book Award winner and instant New York Times bestseller, this is journalist Omar El Akkad's searing reckoning with the gap between the West's stated ideals and its actions.

The New York Times called it "a bracing memoir and manifesto," and Tommy Orange said, "I can't think of a more important piece of writing to read right now."

Written in the aftermath of the bombardment of Gaza, this is a work of moral clarity from a journalist who has spent his career covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and the climate crisis.

El Akkad traces his own journey from believing in the promise of Western liberal values to confronting the systemic hypocrisy he sees playing out in real time.

Equal parts memoir and manifesto, the book asks hard questions about who gets to be seen as fully human—and who decides.

It's a slim, urgent volume built to be read in one sitting and argued about for a long time after.

A National Book Award winner and instant New York Times bestseller, this is journalist Omar El Akkad's searing reckoning with the gap between the West's stated ideals and its actions.

The New York Times called it "a bracing memoir and manifesto," and Tommy Orange said, "I can't think of a more important piece of writing to read right now."

Written in the aftermath of the bombardment of Gaza, this is a work of moral clarity from a journalist who has spent his career covering the War on Terror, Ferguson, and the climate crisis.

El Akkad traces his own journey from believing in the promise of Western liberal values to confronting the systemic hypocrisy he sees playing out in real time.

Equal parts memoir and manifesto, the book asks hard questions about who gets to be seen as fully human—and who decides.

It's a slim, urgent volume built to be read in one sitting and argued about for a long time after.

  • Publisher: Knopf

    Title: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

    Author: Omar El Akkad

    On Sale Date: February 25, 2025

    ISBN 13: 9780593804148

    ISBN 10: 0593804147

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $28.00

    BISAC: Biography & Autobiography / Political

    Page Count: 208

    Dimensions: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in

  • Omar El Akkad is an Egyptian-born author and journalist who grew up in Qatar before relocating to Canada as a teenager; he now lives in the United States. His debut novel, American War, was named one of the BBC's 100 most transformative novels, and his journalism has earned two Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Awards and two Oregon Book Awards.

  • Readers are calling it urgent, unflinching, and essential.

    • Readers describe One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This as the rare political book that reads like literature.

    • Fans of El Akkad's journalism say this is his most personal and forceful writing yet.

    • Reviewers note its slim length belies how much it lingers after the last page.

    • Book clubs highlight it as a starting point for hard, necessary conversations.

This book is for you if

  • You want to understand how a veteran war correspondent reads today's headlines.

  • You're drawn to books that challenge comfortable assumptions rather than confirm them.

  • You appreciate writing that's as literary as it is political.

  • You want to be part of the conversation around one of the most talked-about books of the year.

  • You value moral clarity delivered without easy answers.

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