Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s ...

Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering ...

Based on a viral tweet the author sent early into the Israel-Gaza war, the book maligns Western liberalism for, in El Akkad’s ...

The 76th National Book Awards was a night of sobering speeches, soft acoustic performances and bookworms getting down on the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih ...

Portland author Omar El Akkad won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against ...

Akkad's powerful memoir won the U.S.-based award. The annual literary award program celebrates and honours authors for books ...

He was named the winner for his nonfiction debut, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, at a ceremony in New ...

Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This," written in response to the Gaza humanitarian crisis, won the ...

The winners of the 76th National Book Awards, held in New York last night, included Rabih Alameddine, Omar El Akkad and ...

In a story published Nov. 19, 2025, about the 76th annual National Book Awards, The Associated Press erroneously reported the ...