One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

What it's about

In October 2023, a few weeks into the bombardment of Gaza, novelist Omar El Akkad posted a single line that went viral and became this book's title. Here he expands it into a book-length reckoning. Born in Egypt and raised in Qatar, he moved to Canada and then the United States believing in the West's promises of freedom and human rights. Moving between his own life and the war, he asks what those values are worth when the people who claim them look away.

Why it's worth reading

It's angry, personal and beautifully written, and it puts words to things many readers have felt but not said. Whatever your view, it's a short, serious book that people are arguing about.

You'll love it if you liked

Between the World and Me, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy or How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Good to know

It's an argument and means to be one, so expect a point of view, not a balanced survey. About 200 pages.