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Ahmad Rafal Al Khalil أحمد رفل ألخليل, born in Basrah in 1966, is an Iraqi engineer, novelist and short story writer. He grew up in Baghdad where he got his B.Sc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. (Distinction) in Structural Engineering, before moving to reside in South East Asia and then to the UAE. In over 30 years of professional work, he contributed to the structural design and management of a number of prominent landmark infrastructure projects in the Gulf and South East Asia.

In parallel, as a literary writer, Al Khalil is best known for his debut novel Return to Baghdad (Arabic edition) عودة إلى بغداد, which has been described in some literary critiques as a daring attempt to transform the Iraqi novel writing style and content from the local to the global domain.

Al Kahlil has also authored a number of contemporary Arabic short stories addressing controversial subjects in the Iraqi and Arabic cultures including:


 * 'A World of Red and Green (A Life in the Day of a Speculator) عالم أحمر وأخضر (حياة في يوم مضارب)
 * The Last Vacation ألأجازة الأخيرة
 * When Shall We Return متى نعود
 * In Search of Sea Gul (Through the Eyes of an Eastern Woman) باحثة عن النورس (في عيون إمرأة شرقية)
 * Love in the Time of Computer حب في زمن الكومبيوتر