Homebound during the Iran-Iraq war, a young woman describes a moving account of her family’s confinement; a young architect meets a Sufi who has a job for him—to solve the problem of a reappearing crack in his master’s tomb; while exploring a childhood memory, a woman discovers a secret about her Pakistani neighbour who had stolen her birthday presents. As a counternarrative to the stereotypical portrayal of Muslims, The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human packs a collection of personal stories revealing the multi-faceted and universal experiences of people living all over the world.