Mikha'il Nu'ayma (Arabic: ميخائيل نعيمة, ALA-LC: Mīkhāʼīl Nuʻaymah; US legal name: Michael Joseph Naimy), better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy (October 17, 1889 – February 28, 1988), was a Lebanese[1][2] poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for his spiritual writings, notably The Book of Mirdad.

In 1920, Naimy re-formed the New York Pen League, along with its original founders Nasib Arida and Abd al-Masih Haddad, and other Mahjari literary figures such as Kahlil Gibran.

Naimy was born into a Greek Orthodox family and completed his elementary education at the Baskinta school.

[1][2] He then studied at the Russian Teachers' Institute in Nazareth and the Theological Seminary in Poltava.

He then moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington, earning degrees in law and liberal arts.