These are short stories written during various visits to Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah.

Many of the stories were inspired by real experiences during meetings with interesting people and during long solitary walks in both cities and their surrounding countrysides.

Mikdadi tries to make some sense of a hilariously disordered world and some order out of chaos.

These short stories are memorable. As the late Maeve Binchy said of Mikdadis writings, his words cannot help but move all readers.

This is a collection of short stories written especially to brighten up each readers Christmas. Like all things Christmassy, everything is possible in this dream world.



Immerse yourself in Mikdadis Christmas fantasy where everything ends with a smile on every single characters face. Christmas brings people together. Miracle of miracles, it even causes family members to like each other. That is the true spirit of Christmas.



Mikdadi reflects the joy of Christmas so evocatively and so beautifully. These short stories, which were written to be read to the authors children on Christmas Eve,...

These two stories were written during two visits, one to Neuchatel, Switzerland and the other to Florence, Italy. In both stories, Mikdadi tries to make sense of events around him and to create some order out of perceived chaos. He does so with gentle satire and the occasional fury. Snowflake has received considerable critical praise for its dream like quality and for its gentle and zany humour. The narrator arrives at his stepmothers home in Neuchatel and, through a stream of consciousness narration, he alternates between the present and his unhappy past and his failed marriage. He links his...