Mikhail Naimy. Mikha'il Na'ima (also spelled Mikhail Naimy; Arabic: ميخائيل نعيمة) (b.1889 in Mount Sannine in modern day Lebanon, d. 1988) was a Lebanese author and poet of the New York Pen League. He wrote 99 books, including drama, essays, poetry, criticism, short stories and biography. Among his best known books is the Book of ...Web