

During that time, he traveled to Ferguson, Missouri and observed the start of the many black-oriented protests that have spread around the rest of the country. He eventually became a correspondent for reports in the western half of the United States. He also went back to Egypt to cover the Arab Spring protests that directly impacted much of the nation. He also attended many military trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Over the years he has written reports from many of the most important spaces around the world including ones where many serious threats have come about.ĭuring his tenure with the Globe and Mail, El Akkad wrote about the ongoing war in Afghanistan with a review of what NATO forces are doing in the area.

Omar El Akkad worked as a writer for the Globe and Mail, the major national newspaper in Canada, for close to ten years. There are especially devastating threats that could come about around the world if people are unable to change their lives. He has learned about many issues around the world and has found that people will have to change if they are to make the world any better. These include conflicts relating to political ideologies, race and other important factors. Much of El Akkad’s work has focused on many of the conflicts that have occurred throughout the world. He has moved on from his journalistic efforts to focusing on his writing career as he has a very large amount of experience and knowledge of many situations from around the world that have made a true difference in how he writes.

He moved to Canada in the late 1990s where he eventually studied at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with a degree in computer science.

He has been to many of the most difficult and complicated places around and holds firsthand experience in understanding many of the important stories that are critical to today’s society.īorn in Cairo in 1982, El Akkad grew up not too far off in Doha. But he has a great deal of experience in terms of journalistic writing. Omar El Akkad has become one of the newest names in the world of literature.
