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1 week agoPortland author Omar El Akkad wins 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction * Oregon ArtsWatch
Omar El Akkad, author of Such Strange Paradise and Stories from the Center of the World, has won the 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, his reflection on the Israel-Hamas war and what it means to live in a West that betrays its values. The award was announced Wednesday night at the 76th Annual National Book Awards Ceremony presented by the National Book Foundation in New York City.