In October 2023, weeks after Israel began bombing Gaza, the writer Omar El Akkad shared a video showing a destroyed city street in Gaza. El Akkad wrote, “One day, when it’s safe, when there ...

When author Omar El Akkad posted those words on social media on Oct. 25, 2023, he never imagined they would be seen by more than 10 million people. Now, almost a year and a half later, those words and ...

Omar El Akkad is on tour in the UK and will be appearing in London on 11 February, Edinburgh on 12 February and Dublin on 13 February. More information can be found here. Among the more troubling ...

In this episode, we feature Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Omar El Akkad from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in October 2024. Coates’ versatility and virtuosity as a writer makes him ...

Since Israel intensified its bombardment of Gaza in October of 2023, Egyptian-born Canadian-American journalist Omar El Akkad has woken up every day to witness livestreams, images and videos of ...

In his 197-page hybrid of essay, memoir and journalistic reflections, El Akkad calls on Western governments and citizens to shrug off their apathy and intervene to stop the state of Israel ...

“Some RSF leaders and soldiers are talking about how, after they seize El Fasher, they will go to Mistariha to assassinate Musa Hilal and his son,” he told the gathering. Hilal, who last year ...

He reshared a social media post of Omar's events that claimed the meetings advised Somalians living in the U.S. illegally on how to avoid deportation efforts. "I advise the Somalian people that ...

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Al-Hilal’s injured striker Aleksandar Mitrovic will travel to Serbia for a final check-up as his return to the group training nears, the Saudi Pro League club said on Monday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) argued that ongoing turmoil at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Trump administration is putting Americans around the world in danger and ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., slammed President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Monday for their efforts to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), while ...

An “Extraction” TV series has been greenlit at Netflix, Variety has learned. Omar Sy will lead the series, which is set in the same world as the Netflix film franchise. The streaming giant has ...