# Event Details - **Event Name**: Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Omar El Akkad is joined by David Olusoga to mark the release of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.About this EventWe are pleased to welcome award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad to Waterstones Deansgate to mark then paperback release of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.Akkad's international bestselling, debut non-fiction book unpicks the hypocrisy and injustices of the West at a volatile and shocking time. One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against this is both a searing critique of Western imperialism, and a book filled with hope and the desire for a better world.Omar will be in conversation with historian, author and BAFTA winning film-maker David Olusoga. Together, they will discuss this urgent and necessary work and answer audience questions.If you have any queries regarding accessibility, please email our shop team at events.manchester@waterstones.com.About the authorOMAR EL AKKAD is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award and the Oregon Book Award. His books have been translated into 13 languages. His debut novel, American War, was named by the BBC as one of 100 novels that shaped our world.DAVID OLUSOGA is a British-Nigerian historian, author, BAFTA winning film-maker and presenter. He produced and presented the award winning series - Black & British: A Forgotten History, Union With David Olusoga and the BAFTA winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and was one of contestants on Celebrity Traitors.Outside of TV he is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and the author or co-author of eight books including - Black & British: A Forgotten History, which was awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. The World’s War, which won First World War Book of the Year in 2014. Black & British A Short Essential History was a Waterstones Book Of The Year, Non-Fiction winner at the Quiz Writers' Choice Awards 2021 and Book of the Year, Children's non-fiction at the 2021 British Book Awards.David is a recipient of the BAFTA Special Award, the British Academy's Presidents Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, The Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Historical Society and an Honourar Fellow of the British Academy.Agenda🕑: 06:00 PMDoors🕑: 06:30 PMTalk + Audience Q&A🕑: 07:30 PMSigning - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/omar-el-akkad-in-conversation-with-david-olusoga-manchester-deansgate/100001991559811006 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Waterstones - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 14, max: 14, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Manchester - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Waterstones - **lat**: 53.4817105 - **long**: -2.2472453 - **full address**: Waterstones, 91 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/5bde376de20012f8873b02b3eb8c3f265062e82e11270316edf45bd577719cf1-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf3f3f3-gmir.jpg?v=1781596571 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate being held? - **A:** Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate takes place on Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Waterstones, 91 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate? - **A:** Omar El Akkad in conversation with David Olusoga - Manchester Deansgate is organized by Waterstones. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Waterstones's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Waterstones a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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