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Omar El Akkad: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Reckon with the broken promises of the West
Reckon with the broken promises of the West


Omar El Akkad believed the West would be a place of freedom and justice for all.
Join the award-winning novelist and journalist as he draws on a career covering the Wars on Terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and Gaza to expose the broken promises of the West. Amid immense destruction One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This lays bare a society where the “least worst thing” absolves the soul.
In this powerful reckoning Omar asks, as both an Egyptian-born US citizen and a father, how do we carve out a sense of possibility in these devastating times? With host Sisonke Msimang.
“A howl from the heart of our age.”
“A brilliant mosaic of heartfelt reflections on the sad state of the world, one that dared to end in hope.”
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