Hypocrisy Has a Face and Other Writings

<p>Motivated by a desperate desire to understand the cosmopolitan city of Athens where her ancestors once roamed Dina Kafiris found herself on a journey to discover the true meaning of what it means to be an Athenian.</p><p> </p><p>As Kafiris struggled to integrate into the new society she was now living in jotted-down poems and notes acted as a diary a memoir.</p><p> </p><p>Evolving into her first full-length poetry collection <em>Hypocrisy has a Face</em> emerged as a response to her environment and the events that overshadowed the country at the time of writing establishing a realistic image of Athenian life in the first decade of the 21<sup>st</sup> Century breaking down stereotypes and offering an intimate knowledge of the city and its people.</p><p> </p><p>These powerful poems explore how the political landscape of a city can impact our existence whilst constantly inspiring the reinvention of our identity. Hypocrisy has a Face shows the resilience of the citizen in times of personal conflict and crisis.</p>