One Red Rose

Zaid Faridi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States in the 1970s, where he pursued advanced degrees in the sciences and built a career as a Research (chemical) scientist. While his professional life has been rooted in logic and precision, his writing emerges from a deeply personal place—one shaped by the social and cultural realities he witnessed growing up. Raised in a world where women’s value was often measured by silence, obedience, and honor tied to others, Faridi observed firsthand how love could be condemned, and how a woman who dared to feel could be marked for life. In his novel One Red Rose, he unflinchingly explores the cost of forbidden love in traditional societies, while also turning a critical eye toward the West—where women may enjoy more visible freedoms, but still often fall short of full equality. A scientist by training and a storyteller by conviction, Zaid Faridi writes to expose the hidden chemistry between culture and the human heart—where love, shame, dignity, and tragedy often collide.