Books by Omar El Akkad
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad
🏆 Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction
“Omar El Akkad’s powerful, personal, and highly political essay collection reflects on his experiences as an Arab immigrant, and criticises the West’s indifference to Palestinian suffering.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Omar El Akkad were recommended
Award-Winning Memoirs of 2025, recommended by Cal Flyn
We asked Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn to compile an overview of the memoirs that won major literary prizes in the 2025 awards season: from the posthumously-published autobiography of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a graphic memoir that wrestles with a legacy of intergenerational trauma.
