One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Throughout the book, El Akkad emphasizes the importance of documenting atrocities. Analyze the tension he presents between the necessity of bearing witness and the risk of normalizing suffering through repeated exposure.

The book’s title, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, suggests a future revisionist perspective. Analyze how El Akkad uses time—past, present, and future—as a framework for understanding moral responsibility and collective memory.

El Akkad describes the current moment as “the truly weightless time, after the front page loses interest, but before the history books arrive” (182). Discuss how the concept of liminality functions throughout the book, both politically and narratively.