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Bringing Together International and Pakistani Writers to Showcase Writing at Its Best 11–12 FEBRUARY 2012 Bringing together Carton Hotel, Karachi international and Pakistani writers to showcase writing at its best www.karachiliteraturefestival.org Co-sponsors: About the Festival Partner Information Launched in 2010, the annual two-day Karachi Literature Festival is open to all and free. The first of its kind in Pakistan, it brings together and celebrates Pakistani and international authors writing in languages such British Council connects people from all over the AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS as Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, English, German, and French. It features creative world with people, knowledge and ideas from the writing workshops, debates/discussions, lectures, Mushaira (Urdu poetry UK to build lasting relationships. Whether one A.G. Noorani Hanif Kureishi Nigar Nazar jam), a book fair, book launches, readings, signings, interactive story- wants to take an exam, find out about studying in A.R. Siddiqi Haris Gazdar Niilofur Farrukh the UK or experience the best of its culture, the Aamer Hussein Harris Khalique Nomanul Haq telling for children, music/theatre performances, and more. British Council is the place to start. Abbas Rashid Hartosh Bal Singh Nritaal Group Founded by Ameena Saiyid obe and Asif Farrukhi, and organized by It uses cultural relations to address some of the Ahmad Fouad Iffat Humayun Khan Nukhbah Langah great global challenges for the UK. It is working the British Council and Oxford University Press, the Festival has grown Ahmad Safi Iftikhar Arif Omar Rahim worldwide to build intercultural dialogue, rapidly. Attendance rose from roughly 5,000 in 2010 to 10,000 in 2011. Ahmed Rashid Imdad Hussaini create opportunity for people to participate in Pervez Hoodbhoy Ali Aftab Inam Nadeem Rasul Bakhsh Rais While the 2010 Festival had at most two simultaneous sessions, with a total of 35 programmed the global knowledge economy and tackle the threat of climate change. British Council do Ali Akbar Husain Intizar Husain Ray Brown participants, the 2011 Festival had up to four with 97; in 2012 we are expecting about 145 programmed this by harnessing the power of education, the Ali Akbar Natiq Ishrat Husain Raza Rumi participants. Each year the participants have been outstanding. Keynote addresses were given by Shamsur arts and creativity, sport, science, English and Alok Bhalla Jasmeen Manzoor Rizwanullah Khan Rahman Faruqi in 2010, Karen Armstrong in 2011, and William Dalrymple will deliver the keynote address governance to build relationships of mutual Amar Sindhu Jürgen Wasim Robin Yassin-Kassab in 2012. benefit and to work together on global issues. It Ameed Riaz Frembgen Roland deSouza Kamila Shamsie is UK's international organisation for educational Ameena Saiyid Rubina Saigol Kamran Shahid In 2011, the Karachi Literature Festival Prize of Rs 100,000 was given to a Pakistani/Pakistani-origin author opportunities and cultural relations and is Amin Gulgee Saad Haroon represented in 109 countries worldwide Kashif Hussain Ghayar for the best non-fiction book in English, published in 2010. The jury consisted of Zubeida Mustafa, Ghazi Anatol Lieven Sahar Ansari Khaled Ahmed Salahuddin, and Dr Jaffer Ahmad. The winner was Ilhan Niaz for The Culture of Power and Governance of Anita Weiss Salman Ahmed Khalid Jawed Pakistan 1947–2008. Anouar Benmalek Samina Quraeshi Khwaja Razi Haider Aqeel Abbas Jafri Sarmila Bose The Karachi Literature Festival also celebrates music, dance, and theatre arts, which are often connected Kishore Bhimani Arfa Sayeda Zehra Shaheen Akhtar Oxford University Press (OUP) is a department of Kishwar Naheed to literature. The 2010 Festival featured nightly performances by Tehrik-e-Niswan of ‘A Song of Arif Hasan Shaheen Salahuddin Mohenjodaro’ (dance drama) and an Urdu play. The 2011 Festival began with a homage to Amir Khusro by the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s Asad Sayeed M.R. Kazimi objective of excellence in research, scholarship, Shahida Hassan Sheema Kermani’s group, featured Ajoka Theater’s performances of sections of Shahid Nadeem’s Bulha Asif Farrukhi Madeline Clements and education by publishing worldwide. OUP Shakeel Adilzada Asif Noorani Mahtab A. Rashdi (Punjabi play) and Dara (Urdu play) and culminated with a tribute to Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the year of his Pakistan is committed to promoting the reading Shehryar Fazli Maleeha Lodhi 100th birth anniversary. The Faiz tribute featured literary and music favourites like Zehra Nigah, Tina Sani, culture and to improving the intellectual content Asma Ibrahim Sher Shah Syed Maniza Naqvi Laal (band), Raza Rumi, and Ali Sethi. of life in Pakistan. It has an extensive school and Attiya Dawood Shobhaa De Ayesha Jalal Manu Joseph college textbook publishing programme which Siddhartha Deb Ayesha Salman Marilyn Wyatt In 2012 we are introducing film screenings to our diverse line-up of events, followed by discussion/Q&A. addresses the need for books that are both of high Sorayya Khan Ayesha Siddiqa Michel Boivin This year we’re also featuring puppet and muppet shows for children by the Rafi Peer group (all day, quality and specific to the environment. It has Stefan Weidner gained a reputation for publishing well-researched Azra Abbas Mirza Waheed everyday), a satire session with Saad Haroon, Ali Aftab Saeed (Beygairat Brigade), and Banana News Sultan-i-Rome academic and general books which are considered Baela Jamil Misbah Khalid Network (BNN), and performances by Nritaal and Salman Ahmed of Junoon. Syed Jaffar Ahmed to be authoritative and definitive works on Banana News Mohammad Waseem Tahira Abdullah Pakistan. Network Mohammed Hanif Basharat Peer Mohsin Hamid Tahira Khan Bilal Tanweer Mowadat Rana Taimur Suri Fringe Events throughout Tanveer Anjum the Festival: Bina Shah Mubarak Ali Claire Chambers Mujahid Barelvi Tariq Rahman • Film Screenings Claudine Le Tourneur Muneeza Shamsie Unaiza Niaz D’ison Victoria Schofield Co-sponsors: • Batain aur Mulaqatain Murad Moosa Khan Declan Walsh Mushahid Hussain- Vikram Seth • Author Signings Fahmida Riaz Sayed Wajihuddin Ahmed, Justice (R) • Puppet Shows by Rafi Peer Theatre Faisal Bari Nadeem Paracha Fatema Hassan Nafisa Haji William Dalrymple • Walkabout Performances Fauzia Aziz Minallah Nafisa Shah Yaqoob Khan Bangash • Walkabout Characters Feriha Peracha Naheed Jafri Yasmin Khan Firdous Azim Najmuddin Shaikh Zafar Iqbal Cheema • Media Rooms Fouzia Saeed Nasreen Rehman Zaheda Hina • Book Fair Ghazi Salahuddin Nauman Naqvi Zehra Nigah Zobaida Jalal • Food Court H.M. Naqvi Nausheen Anwar Hameed Haroon Navid Kermani Zubeida Mustafa Hamida Khuhro Naz Ikramullah Zulfqar Khan Saturday, 11 February 2012 Main Garden Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Sehr 1 3rd Floor Theatre 9.30 – 10.00 a.m. Arrival of Guests and Tea 10.00 – 11.00 a.m. Inauguration Speeches by David Martin, Ameena Saiyid, Asif Aslam Farrukhi, Marilyn Wyatt. Keynote Speaker: William Dalrymple. Performance by Nritaal 11.00 a.m. – Superstar Writer: A Changing Paradigms Is Art History Manto and Megacities Masterclass in Charles 12.00 noon Conversation of Literature: Urdu Relevant? Partition Arif Hasan, Creative Writing Dickens: The with and Beyond (Curated by Ayesha Jalal Roland deSouza, Robin Yassin- Uncommercial Shobhaa De Nomanul Haq Niilofur Farrukh) Moderator: H. M. Naqvi Kassab Traveller Moderator: Asif Moderator: Bilal Taimur Suri, M. R. Kazimi Moderator: A Theatrical Noorani Tanweer Rizwanullah Nausheen Anwar Session. Owen Khan, Amin Calvert-Lyons Gulgee, Asma and Peter Higgin Ibrahim Duration: 2 hours 12.00 noon – A Conversation with Shairi aur Afsana Women Writing Pen as Sword: Book Launch Masterclass Charles Dickens: 1.00 p.m. Hanif Kureishi Poetry, Fiction and Women: A Expressing the Scent in the continued.. The Uncommercial Moderator: Muneeza Translation: Conversation New Pakistani Islamic Garden by Traveller continued… Shamsie Readings and with Maniza Narrative Ali Akbar Husain Conversation with Naqvi, Bina through Fiction William Fahmida Riaz Shah, Nafisa Haji A Conversation Dalrymple Moderator: Harris Moderator: with Moderator: Raza Khalique Marilyn Wyatt Ahmed Rashid Rumi Moderator: Khaled Ahmed 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK Saturday, 11 February 2012 Main Garden Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Theatre 2.00 -3.00 p.m. A Conversation with Afsaney ki Batain Pakistani Book Launch and Film Screening Anatol Lieven Readings and Contemporary Conversation Meherjaan Moderator: Ayesha Siddiqa Conversation with Fiction Writings with Michel Boivin Duration: 2 hours Urdu Fiction Writers Mohsin Hamid, H. M. (Artefacts of Devotion) Intizar Hussain and Naqvi, Shehryar Fazli, and Jurgen Frembgen Zaheda Hina Ayesha Salman (Nocturnal Music in Moderator: Asif Moderator: Maniza the Land of the Sufis) Farrukhi Naqvi Moderator: Samina Quraeshi, Raza Rumi 3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Indus Journeys: A Book Launch Tolerance Through Film Screening Conversation with Koshish-e-Natamam Children’s Literature Meherjaan continued. William Dalrymple by Shaista Ikramullah Fauzia Minallah Moderator: Kamila Shamsie Aamer Hussein, Naz (Session for Children) Ikramullah Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra 4.00 – 5.00 p.m. Miracle Man Sher o Sukhan Today’s Pakistan: A Conversation with Q&A on Meherjaan Book Launch and Conversation Poetry Readings and An Economic and Siddhartha Deb, with one of the film’s with Mohammed Hanif, Author Conversation with Political Perspective Author of The lead actors, Omar of Our Lady of Alice Bhatti Iftikhar Arif and Asad Sayeed, Ishrat Beautiful and the Rahim Moderator: Bina Shah Kishwar Naheed Husain, Anatol
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