Magical Reveries

This book contains a collection of special poems written by a 15-year-old girl. She is an avid reader and a passionate poet. She comes from the historic land of Iraq from which she had to leave  and she writes about hope, love, friendship, anguish, pain and much more feelings and topics. While you read this book, you will cling to a chain of events, feelings, and whims  crafted into poems. You will witness her most terrible dream and her most solemn hope. 


You will fall into magical reveries, as you live her most special moments, written from her poetic words, and her keen imagery. She always gets inspired by her mother, who is a natural poet as well, and by her grandfather, who is a popular poet in the Middle East. Today, she attends Liwa International School in the UAE.


About the Author


Lian Essam was born in Baghdad, and before she turned 1, she left to the welcoming land of the United Arab Emirates. She was raised in a family which loved poetry and literature, and from which a prominent poet came from; her grandfather, Ali Jafar Al Allaq, is a well-known poet in the Middle East. Lian’s experiences in life rendered the birth of lots of ideas for her poetry, such as missing her homeland, or cherishing her loved ones. Her heart always kindled between the pages of her numerous set of books. She wrote her first poem when she was merely in seventh grade. She won the Spelling Bee Award in her school when she was in sixth grade.  Many teachers helped in feeding her abilities. She is now among the members of the Gifted and Talented in her school.