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Full Programme of the Karachi Literary Festival saturday 20 march sunday 21 march 10am-11am Lawn Formal Inauguration 10am - 11am Maharani A Tribute to Quratulain Hyder Speakers: Mashhood Rizvi, Asif Farrukhi, Ameena Saiyid, Moderator: Raza Rumi. Panelists: Intizar Husain, Fahmida Riaz, and Anita Ghulam Ali Aamer Hussein, and Arfa Syeda Zehra Sahr 1, Maharaja Reading and story telling sessions for families and children 11am-12 noon Maharani Transplanted Flowers Board Room1 Authors/ Story-tellers: Saman Shamsie, Zara Mumtaz, and Readings and in Conversation with Aamer Hussein Banquet Office Musharraf Ali Farooqi Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie Moderators: Raheela Baqai, Nida Dossa, and Seema Khan Maharaja Readings and in Conversation with Kishwar Naheed Moderator: Durdana Soomro 11am - 12 noon Maharani Book Launches 50 Poems: 30 Selected 20 New by Zulfikar Ghose The Karachi Literature Festival is 11am - 1pm Sahr 1 Workshop on creative writing by Adrian Hussain Home Boy by Husain Naqvi being organised by the Moderators: Amberina Kazi and Ishrat Lindblad Oxford University Press Pakistan 12 noon - 1pm Maharaja Panel Discussion: Literature from Pakistan: Scellinas Launch of and the British Council. Old, New and Across Languages The Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories Moderator: Asif Farrukhi. Panelists: Kishwar Naheed, Selected and Translated by Amina Azfar Followed by discussion on the world of Urdu short stories There is currently a huge interest Aamer Hussein, Masood Ashar, and Intizar Hussain Intizar Hussain to launch. Moderator: Asif Farrukhi around the world in writing from Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Bapsi Sidhwa Speakers: Hasan Manzar, Asad Mohammad Khan, and Aamer Hussein Pakistan, and established and Moderator: Ishrat Lindblad emerging Pakistani writers have 12 noon - 1pm Maharani From Manuscript to Bestseller received great attention and 1pm - 2pm Lunch critical acclaim internationally, as An interactive session with Ameena Saiyid and Asif Noorani Moderator: Ameena Saiyid well as at home. 2pm - 3pm Maharaja Readings and in Conversation with Mohammad Hanif Maharaja Panel Discussion: Sufism and Literature The festival, the first of its kind in Moderator: Sadia Shepard Moderator: Raza Rumi. Panelists: Samina Quraeshi, Amar Jaleel, and Pakistan, provides an opportunity Maha rani Lite ra ture and Humour with Sarfraz Manzoor Mahmood Jamal to put Pakistan on the map as a Moderator: Asif Noorani country rich in culture and creativ- 1pm - 2pm Lunch ity. It will provide a platform for 3pm - 4pm Maharaja Panel Discussion: Literature and Activism dialogue between Pakistan and the Moderator: Sunil Sethi. Panelists: Mohammad Hanif, 2 pm - 3pm Maharaja Book Launch rest of the world – putting contem- Mohsin Hamid, Fahmida Riaz, and Arfa Syeda Zehra Look at the City from Here: Karachi Writings porary writing and thought from Maharani Book Launches Selected and Edited by Asif Farrukhi Pakistan on an international Zakhm Ka Nishan by Susan Abulhawa Anita Ghulam Ali to launch. Moderator: Obaid Siddiqui platform, and bringing contempo- translated by Masood Ashar rary writing from around the world Writers: Amar Jaleel, Hasan Manzar, Fahmida Riaz, and Harris Khalique Shadianey by Naguib Mehfouz translated by Fahmida Riaz to local Pakistani audiences. Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Iftikhar Arif Moderators: Obaid Siddiqui and Ghazi Salahuddin Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin In addition to the main event, the Karachi Literature Festival will be 4pm - 5pm Maharaja Talk by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi ‘Urdu ki Majmooi Sooretehaal’ 3pm - 4pm Maharaja Panel Discussion: Literature in Translation promoting young writers through a Moderator: Iftikhar Arif Moderator: Musharraf Ali Farooqi creative writing competition and is Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Zulfikar Ghose Panelists: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Fahmida Riaz, and Durdana Soomro also developing an educational Moderator: Ishrat Lindblad Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Intizar Hussain and strand to video-link students in the Asad Mohammad Khan, Moderator: Harris Khalique UK and Pakistan using debate 5pm - 6pm Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Sara MacDonald, Sehba Sarwar, around contemporary writing. and Sadia Shepard 4pm - 5pm Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Mohsin Hamid Moderator: Raza Rumi Moderator: Sunil Sethi Maharaja Readings and in Conversation with Fahmida Riaz 5pm - 7pm Scellinas Urdu Poetry Reading (Mushaira) Moderator: Raza Rumi Conductor: Fatima Hassan Participants: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Iftikhar Arif, Zehra Nigah, 5pm - 6pm Scellinas Crossing Borders: Readings from Eqbal Ahmed by Zohra Yousuf Fahmida Riaz, Kishwar Naheed, Saher Ansari, Anwar Shaoor, Moderator: Irfan Husain. Panelists: Mohsin Hamid, Mohammad Hanif, Shahida Hassan, Harris Khalique, Ajmal Siraj, Imdad Hussaini, and Fahmida Riaz, and Wasif Rizvi Kashif Hussain Ghayar Maha rani Readings and in Conversation with Victoria Schofield Moderator: Ayesha Tammy Haq 6pm - 7pm Maharani Readings and in Conversation with Maniza Naqvi and H. M. Naqvi Moderator: Ayesha Tammy Haq 6pm - 7pm Maharani Panel Discussion: Contemporary South Asian English Literature: Its Role and Challenges Today 9pm onwards Arts Council Dance Performance by Sheema Kermani and Group Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie. Panelists: Mohammad Hanif, Sarfaraz Manzoor, Mohsin Hamid, and Sadia Shepard Maharaja Readings and in Conversation with Zehra Nigah Moderator: Fatima Hassan 9pm onwards Arts Council Play by Tehrik-e-Niswan (Sheema Kermani and Group).
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