Iniquity

The poem cycle Iniquity tells a tale of unfulfilled love as seen through the eyes of a teenager, taking the reader on a heartfelt journey of hope, trust, desire and dreams which will finally be crushed by the bitter iniquity of life.

Written when the author was sixteen years old, Iniquity’s haphazard jumble of emotions are embedded in every line of every poem. Taken as a whole, the book represents an authentic record of each emotional stage of a love story.

Readers are sure to recognise the feelings these poems evoke, whether they experienced them in the past or continue to battle against them even now.

Zahra Naji was born in Tehran, Iran, in 2003. She spent her childhood in an international school in Malaysia where she was given the chance to learn English literature and read English books and stories. After five years, she returned to Iran along with her family and continued studying in an international school in Tehran.

Reading novels and poetry books is still one of her passions and favourite hobbies. She started writing short stories from an early age, which got the attention of her teachers. That’s where her passion for writing started. This book represents the first of Zahra’s pieces of writing to be published.