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SUMMARY:Fort Collins Reads Presents Omar El Akkad
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nThe 2026 city-wide read is the National Book Award winnin
 g "One Day\, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad
 .\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Fort Collins Reads in celebrating our 24th year bringi
 ng renowned authors and thought-provoking books to Fort Collins!\n\nWe are
  thrilled to bring author Omar El Akkad to Fort Collins to discuss his non
 fiction debut One Day\, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. His 
 memoir dives into what it’s like to live in a Western world that doesn't
  always live up to its promises. The event is on November 8th\, at 2pm a
 t the Hilton Fort Collins. Doors open at 1pm. Come early for the basket ra
 ffle! The author talk will be followed by a book signing.\n\n 	General Adm
 ission Tickets $20\n 	Reserved "Author's Circle" Seating Tickets $35\n 	Re
 ception with Omar El Akkad at Old Firehouse Books on Saturday\, November 7
 th\, 7-9pm $65 which includes a Reserved "Author's Circle" Seating Ticket
  to the event on Sunday. Meet Omar El Akkad\, chat with other Fort Collins
  readers\, and enjoy drinks and light fare!\n\nParking Info:\n\nFree parki
 ng is available at the Hilton Fort Collins\, located at 425 West Prospect 
 Road in Fort Collins.\n\nTickets are also available for purchase in person
  at Old Firehouse Books in Old Town\, Fort Collins. Avoid online fees an
 d pick up a copy of the book (20% off discount if purchased with a ticket 
 to the event) at the same time! Pre-signed books will also be available fo
 r purchase during the event.\n\nABOUT OMAR EL AKKAD:\n\nOmar El Akkad is 
 an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt\, grew up in Qatar\, moved 
 to Canada as a teenager\, and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. He was a
  staff reporter for The Globe and Mail and as an award-winning journalist 
 and author El Akkad has traveled around the world to cover many of the mos
 t important news stories of the last decade. His reporting includes dispat
 ches from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan\, the military trials in Guantan
 amo Bay\, the Arab Spring revolution in Egypt\, and the Black Lives Matter
  movement in Ferguson\, Missouri. His debut novel\, American War (2017)\
 , won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award\, the Oregon Boo
 k Award for fiction\, and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\, and has been no
 minated for more than ten other awards. In 2019\, the BBC included Americ
 an War on its list of 100 novels that shaped the world. His second novel\
 , What Strange Paradise (2021)\, won the 2021 Giller Prize\, the 2022 Or
 egon Book Award for fiction\, and a 2022 Pacific Northwest Book Award. In 
 2025\, El Akkad published his first nonfiction book\, One Day\, Everyone 
 Will Have Always Been Against This\, which won the National Book Award fo
 r nonfiction.\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL
  BOOK AWARD WINNER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • PALESTINE BOOK AW
 ARD WINNER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRI
 TICISM • From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes 
 a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its
  fundamental values. One Day\, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against Thi
 s mixes personal stories with big-picture reflections on war\, politics\,
  and morality. Drawing on his time as a journalist covering conflicts\, El
  Akkad talks about how people and governments often justify violence in th
 e moment—but later act like they were against it all along. Throughout t
 he book\, he wrestles with questions about complicity\, empathy\, and what
  it means to live ethically in a world where suffering is easy to ignore. 
 It is personal\, thought-provoking\, and it pushes readers to think about 
 how they respond to injustice.\n\n"[A] bracing memoir and manifesto." —T
 he New York Times\n\n“I can’t think of a more important piece of writ
 ing to read right now. I found hope here\, and help\, to face what the wor
 ld is now\, all that it isn’t anymore. Please read this. I promise you w
 on’t regret it." —Tommy Orange\n\nFor more information on Omar El Akka
 d please visit www.prhspeakers.com\n\n\n
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