Author Talk: Akbar Shahid Ahmed with Will Bunch

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed appears with Will Bunch for an author talk marking the release of Ahmed’s book, Crossing the Red Line.

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Mavey Books and CAIR-Philadelphia are pleased to welcome Akbar Shahid Ahmed for the release of his book, Crossing the Red Line. Mavey Books and CAIR-Philadelphia are pleased to welcome Akbar Shahid Ahmed for the release of his book, Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza, November 13, 2026. This event will be held at Haraz Coffee House 1822 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Free to attend. Books are available for purchase and signing at the event. Any books pre-purchased for the author talk will be available for pickup at the event. In Crossing the Red Line , Ahmed details how the Biden administration fueled Israel’s genocide in Gaza, despite the president assuring the American public he’d set a “red line” over an Israeli invasion in the town of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians were sheltering. But Biden’s team kept sending weapons after Israel’s advance on Rafah began, deepening Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe. Crossing the Red Line is an urgent reckoning with Biden’s record on Gaza that is vital to understanding the historic damage to America’s standing in the world, and a period whose dark consequences will resonate globally for decades to come. Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun. For his Gaza coverage, he has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award and has twice been named a finalist for the Livingston Award.

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