Real Reads: One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

Real Reads is our non-fiction reading discussion group. We will explore excellent authors and world-changing ideas on urgent issues affecting the globe and our own communities. Julys Real Reads title is One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an empire that doesnt consider you fully human. On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: One day, when its safe, when theres no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when its too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this. This tweet was viewed more than ten million times. One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This chronicles the deep fracture that has occurred for Black, brown, Indigenous Americans, as well as the upcoming generation, many of whom had clung to a thread of faith in Western ideals, in the idea that their countries, or the countries of their adoption, actually attempted to live up to the values they espouse. The book is paired with the documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, available on Kanopy. Print copies of One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This will be available at the Borrower Services desk in late June. It is also available on Libby at the following links: ebook | audiobook Contact Todd Bowser with any questions or for help with the resources.