In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

Archaeologists say they've found "the very first material evidence of the very first empire in the world" in 4,000-year-old ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... 2300BC by the Mesopotamian king Sargon. Sargon originally came from the city of Akkad, whose location remains unknown but is thought ...

Sargon originally came from the city of Akkad, whose location remains unknown but is thought the be near modern Baghdad. The Akkadian empire lasted for 150 years, ending with a rebellion.

This week, we speak with Egyptian Canadian journalist-turned-author Omar El Akkad, whose memoir-manifesto ... most gloriously awful moments in the history of entertainment.

I love the international cover for Omar El Akkad’s new book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Bookshop, Amazon). It uses the original text of El Akkad’s tweet about the war in ...

On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is ...

Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month. Observed throughout the United States ...