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Omar El Akkad
Author and Journalist
Omar El Akkad is a Canadian author and journalist. He is the author of the novel American War, which won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2017. El Akkad has also written for various publications including The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star.
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The Great Societies: Lowry’s “The Giver”Waywords Studio Full SlateDec 19, 202538:00Guest‘Nothing is free’: legal questions over Trump's profiting from foreign sources remain unresolvedAll In with Chris HayesMay 14, 202543:05GuestParable of the Sower: A New Interpretation Pt 2Theology CentralSep 8, 20241:10:32HostEchoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating NovelThe Book ReviewJul 30, 20211:00:32Guest