One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad in conversation with Peter Greste
Sun
26
Sun 26 Oct 2:30 PM
Manning Clark Hall | Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre | Australian National University
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
A heartfelt, powerful, excoriating plea from a journalist, award-winning author and man who has lost faith in the promise of America. Omar El Akkad's book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, won praise from The New York Times for skewering Western cowardice and moral defeat. But his memoir is much more than a statement of political disenchantment as Omar witnesses the destruction of Gaza; it is a deeply personal exploration of what this loss of faith can mean. Growing up in Egypt and Qatar, Omar was never complacent about what freedom and democracy entails, and the responsibilities it should foster in us all. He now joins us in Canberra to speak about his work in conversation with Peter Greste, author, former journalist and media freedom advocate. This is an event not to be missed.
Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. His fiction and non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Guernica, GQ and many other newspapers and magazines. His debut novel, American War, is an international bestseller and has been translated into thirteen languages and was selected by the BBC as one of 100 novels that changed our world. His new nonfiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, is an instant New York Times bestseller.
Peter Greste is an Australian journalist, author, media freedom activist and academic. He began his career covering Latin America, the Middle East and Africa for the BBC and Al Jazeera. He made headlines in 2013, when police arrested him and two colleagues in Cairo on terrorism charges. The case was widely condemned as an attack on press freedom. Egypt eventually released Peter, and he went on to become a press freedom campaigner. His book, The Correspondent, explores his case and the wider ‘war on journalism’.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. His fiction and non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Guernica, GQ and many other newspapers and magazines. His debut novel, American War, is an international bestseller and has been translated into thirteen languages and was selected by the BBC as one of 100 novels that changed our world. His new nonfiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, is an instant New York Times bestseller.
Peter Greste is an Australian journalist, author, media freedom activist and academic. He began his career covering Latin America, the Middle East and Africa for the BBC and Al Jazeera. He made headlines in 2013, when police arrested him and two colleagues in Cairo on terrorism charges. The case was widely condemned as an attack on press freedom. Egypt eventually released Peter, and he went on to become a press freedom campaigner. His book, The Correspondent, explores his case and the wider ‘war on journalism’.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.