Cover of I Dream of Microwaves by Imad Rahman. "I Dream of Microwaves" is the title story in a collection of short stories. The stories follow the adventures of the character Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a down and out Pakistani-American aimlessly floating through life. Jabbar is in the midst of dropping his job portraying ethnic criminals in America's Most Wanted, when he gets arrested at a Greyhound Bus station in Phoenix in a case of mistaken identity.