Akkad

American  

[ak-ad, ah-kahd] / ˈæk æd, ˈɑ kɑd /

noun

1. one of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia, the northern division of Babylonia.

2. Also Agade Achad a city in and the capital of an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia: according to the Bible, one of the three cities of Nimrod's kingdom.

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adjective

1. Akkadian.

Akkad British  

/ ˈækæd /

noun

1. Ancient name: Agade.  a city on the Euphrates in N Babylonia, the centre of a major empire and civilization (2360–2180 _bc )

2. an ancient region lying north of Babylon, from which the Akkadian language and culture is named

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Example Sentences

In his first novel, “American War,” Omar El Akkad upended the world order with a long-running civil war in a future America, precisely describing the violence and miseries he had witnessed as a reporter covering Afghanistan, Guantánamo and the Arab Spring for The Globe and Mail in Canada.

From New York Times

It’s a similarly grand canvas of geopolitics, nativism and climate change, but this time, instead of unfurling a sweeping multigenerational epic, El Akkad keeps his plot and focus tight.

From New York Times

Omar El Akkad, a journalist and fiction writer born in Egypt and raised in Qatar, won’t let us forget or fall back on resigned platitudes about the intractable nature of the refugee “problem.”

From Washington Post

El Akkad’s little hero is not Alan, but it’s impossible not to succumb to the story of a refugee child who doesn’t drown.

From Washington Post

Beyond that initial gift of survival, El Akkad provides only a sliver of hope.

From Washington Post