Diary of a young Iranian woman haunted by an old judgemental madwoman

At the age of 30, Shaghayegh Moazzami left Iran and went to Canada by means of a marriage of convenience. In Haunted, she writes about all the difficulties she faced in her home country – whether at school or within her own family – and that compelled her to leave. More importantly, she tells how, when she arrived in Canada in 2016, she did not find herself more serene and continued to feel the pressure of religion and traditions that were instilled in her as a child. One day, that pressure suddenly appeares as an old bigot and extremely conservative imaginary woman. An old lady who persecutes Shaghayegh, constantly condemning her western way of life and admonishing her every time she does something that would be forbidden or poorly viewed in her country (biking or smoking when you are a woman, drinking alcohol, etc.)…
Haunted is an unvarnished autobiographical story, an immersion into the disturbed mind of an angry young woman, who has to cope with inner demons and with personal circumstances, both making her profoundly upset. Through her story, Shaghayegh Moazzami shows how, to this day, Iranian people – and more specifically Iranian women – still undergo an unbelievable pressure that will most likely haunt them forever.