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American War
By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
鈥淧owerful . . . As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in The Road, and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America.聽. . . Omar El Akkad鈥檚 debut novel, American War, is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot... Read more
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Omar El Akkad
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
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
On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: 鈥淥ne day, when it鈥檚 safe, when there鈥檚 no personal downside to calling a thing what it... Read more
What Strange Paradise
By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 鈥� From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War鈥攁 beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child.
"Told from the point of view of two children, on the ground and at sea, the story so astutely... Read more
American War
By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, The Observer, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.
2074. America's future is Civil War. Sarat's reality is survival. They took her father, they took her home, they told her lies . . .
She didn't start this war, but she'll end it.
Omar El Akkad鈥檚 powerful debut novel imagines a... Read more
What Strange Paradise
By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
'Deserves to be an instant classic. I haven鈥檛 loved a book this much in a long time . . . What Strange Paradise . . . reads as a parable for our times . . . Such beautiful writing . . . This is an extraordinary book.' 鈥� New York Times
From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Akkad, a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic... Read more
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