This month we will be reading
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad

On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El
Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside
to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone
will have always been against this.” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million
times. (Knopf)

As the gravity of Gaza bends truth around it like a black hole, finding the light seems
impossible. But Omar El Akkad combines the deep empathy of a novelist with the
penetrating eye of a journalist to illuminate a path toward understanding. One Day,
Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a scathing chronicle that articulates
the reality of horror while managing to convey the universal within a terrifying
particular, making this book beautiful, heartbreaking, messy, and singularly profound.
(Judges Citation, Winner National Book Award Nonfiction 2025)
Knopf, 2025, 208 pp

We hope that you will join us to discuss this award-winning and highly praised book.