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Fathima Kinza
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This one's for the uncommons and the old fashioned romantics. As much for the activists and the mystics, as it is for the nerds – lovers of language, poetry and prose, in literature and in film. Welcome to word nerd! Here we sink our teeth into the delicious words that make our world. New episodes are released on Sundays

  1. S3E07 Raindrops on Roses

    12/09/2025

    S3E07 Raindrops on Roses

    Sugar, spice, romanticism, resilience & everything nice Artwork: Anonymous. Pinterest.

    9 min
  2. S3E06 Forlorn not Forgotten

    12/09/2025

    S3E06 Forlorn not Forgotten

    One where we obsess over woeful love. V caj. As, in the song ‘This Time’, that he wrote for the movie August Rush (go watch it, you’re welcome), Jonathan Rhys Meyers crooned, I've been sitting, watching life pass from the sidelines Been waiting for a dream to seep in through my blinds I wondered what might happen if I left this all behind Would the wind be at my back? Could I get you off my mind This time? Artwork: Degas, Edgar. Le Fauteuil. 1858-1860, Watercolor gouache on black pencil lines.

    4 min
  3. S3E05 Weight of a Feather: Umeed

    12/09/2025

    S3E05 Weight of a Feather: Umeed

    Hazaar gham hain, ghamo ka ilaaj hai umeed –Faiz Artwork: Anonymous. Pinterest.

    4 min
  4. S3E04 Roses not Guns

    12/09/2025

    S3E04 Roses not Guns

    Do not resign yourselves to the world as we know it. As Faiz Ahmed Faiz said, “Chale chalo ki woh manzil abhi nahin aayi; jhoote hain log jo dete hain aasra tum ko — Keep going, for the destination is yet to come; deceitful are they, the ones who promise you refuge.” Artwork: Renoir, Pierre-auguste. Bouquet De Roses Un Vase. 1906, Oil on canvas.

    9 min
  5. S3E03 Small Steps Like These

    12/09/2025

    S3E03 Small Steps Like These

    Mind first! – Don’t be afraid to take it slow to keep it steady. PS aren’t onions, with their gossamer peels and many layers, just so pretty? Artwork: Nott, Belinda. Still life with vegetables. Oil on canvas.

    6 min
  6. S3E02 Autumn’s Cure

    12/09/2025

    S3E02 Autumn’s Cure

    Like the lovely Anne said, we’re so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers 🤎 Artwork: Bishop, Richard Evett. Wild Geese. 1936, Etching.

    3 min
  7. S3E01 Heart Over Head

    12/09/2025

    S3E01 Heart Over Head

    The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. –Gautama Buddha Artwork: Anonymous. Pinterest.

    10 min
  8. S2E11 Nothing Lost Is Ordinary

    12/09/2025

    S2E11 Nothing Lost Is Ordinary

    “..but to me my home was my soul” —Nashwa Rezeq, lived in al-Zahra, Gaza

    6 min
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This one's for the uncommons and the old fashioned romantics. As much for the activists and the mystics, as it is for the nerds – lovers of language, poetry and prose, in literature and in film. Welcome to word nerd! Here we sink our teeth into the delicious words that make our world. New episodes are released on Sundays

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  • Creator
    Fathima Kinza
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Fathima Kinza
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