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Books by Omar El Akkad mentioned on podcasts
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“I mean it it seems pretty clearly evident in both this novel what Str strange paradise and in your debut novel American war”
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is a powerful, award-winning book of nonfiction that confronts urgent contemporary political realities, moral compromises, and historical reckonings.
Recommended“The other is a book that after I read it got the national book award which is uh one day everyone will have always been against this.”
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What Strange Paradise
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad is a contemporary novel that reinterprets the classic story of Peter Pan through the lens of a child refugee surviving a perilous migrant journey.
Recommended“And to me, you know, I think about there's there's a book that came out by a writer named Omar Alkad. One day, everyone will always have been against this.”
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