Dr Farah Nazir

Community-engaged researcher interested in Pahari-Pothwari-Mirpuri; language description & documentation; multilingualism; South Asian langs |
Cat woman🐈

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Did you know Korea sells “one-a-day” banana packs?

Instead of every banana ripening at once, each one is at a different stage.

One is ready today.

The next one is ready tomorrow.

The last one is still spiritually in college, “experimenting.”

Simple. Genius. Solves the entire banana problem.

What do you think?
Would you prefer your bananas this way?

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

I’ve started writing on Substack.
A space for longer, slower pieces on language, identity, and the things that don’t always fit elsewhere.
You can read and subscribe here:

https://t.co/hN35vTahzb

[Sameer ud Dowla Khan | সামীরুদ্দৌলা খান @SameerudDowla]

@IRANinSWEDEN Persian is *hardly* the only gender-neutral lang

Lgs related to Persian without grammatical gender:
Armenian
Balochi
Bengali
Oriya
Ossetian
Rohingya
Sorani
Wakhi

Lgs related to Persian without gram. gender *except* in 3rd person pronouns:
Afrikaans
Assamese
English
Sylheti

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

RIP Asha Bhosle, this is my fav song. I properly enjoyed doing a linguistic analysis of chura liya hai tumne Jo dilko. Beautiful lyrics and voice 🤍🎵 🎶 🎤:

https://t.co/lCERvBOq7d

[Saif @isaifpatel]

Accidentally stumbled upon Pakistani twitter. Man, I am in splits. There's humor and then there's Pakistani humor. The JD Vance memes and jokes are gold tier.

[m @chmpgnsoshalist]

urdu has a word for the pain of separation that contains, within it, the assumption that reunion is cosmically possible. while english is so spiritually bankrupt it can name the ache but not imagine its end.

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

I’m hardly spending time on here these days (on insta mostly), and so I forgot to post my Eid bake this year! Belated Eid Mubarak to you all 🎉

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

Ramadan Mubarak to you all 🌙📿🤲🏽🤍🎊

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

You can also join via the link here:

https://t.co/ijOownF2cG

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

I’ve set up a weekly online writing group centring underrepresented voices: Room to Write. Open to academic and creative writers. February sessions up to the 16th of Feb will be on Monday 7pm-10pm GMT.

Read more and sign up if you would like to join via the link in my bio.

[Vishnu Nair @vishinair5]

Here is our loving critique of Neurodiversity. Excited to have this work published and enjoyed reflecting and writing on this important topic with @WFarahslt & @mildredboveda. It's open access https://t.co/3BwCqtfDqy

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

@AneesaKhatoon 🤣🤣

[Sameer ud Dowla Khan | সামীরুদ্দৌলা খান @SameerudDowla]

there’s even a tamil typeface designed to resemble japanese calligraphy 😲

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

@ForwardPartners @haseebah_prints @OrtGallery Thank you 🙏🏽

[Dr Karamat Iqbal ‎کرامت اقبال @ForwardPartners]

People of the garan (village), a powerful work that celebrates the British Kashmiri community, by @haseebah_prints @OrtGallery. Well summed up in this blog by @drfarahnazir

https://t.co/LSEYbk4mEC

[Awais Hussain @ahussainmirpuri]

Proverb of the Day

Jeyri chhān-ni eh, uwi jān-ni eh
"The one who sieves it knows."

Meaning: Only those who experience or handle something firsthand truly understand it. You can’t fully know something until you’ve been through it or endured it yourself.

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

🎟 Exhibition (Free):
https://t.co/Sf0kbBrl87

🎟 Mushaira:
https://t.co/NKUmIYb7Iy

Come celebrate memory, migration, & language through art & poetry.

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

✨ People of the Garáṇ opens Sat 12 July in Birmingham!
An exhibition by @haseebah_prints exploring Azad Kashmiri stories through print, textiles, sculpture, and more—rooted in everyday objects from the Miah Foundation collection.

📍 Moseley Community Hub
🕓 4:30–6pm (Free)

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

After the exhibition, join us for a special Mushaira evening 🎤
Featuring British Azad Kashmiri poets:
🌟 Nabeela Ahmed
🌟 Zaffar Kunial

🎙 Open mic spots available – DM @hayatiopenmic or arrive early!

🕠 6:30–8pm
🍛 £7.50 incl. warm meal
📌 Ages 13+

[Dr Farah Nazir @drfarahnazir]

@Chaimaa2_ Yes 🤍🤍