KarachiLiteratureFestival2013ProgrammeKarachi Literature Festival / Jashn-e-Adab: Tentative Programme  

Friday, 15   February 2013   (Page 1 of 7) *The Festival reserves the right to change the programme at any time. Every effort will be made to ensure a program of equivalent standard.

10–11.30 amInaugurationMain Garden.

Speeches by Festival Organizers, and Representatives of Festival SponsorsKeynote Speakers: Nadeem AslamPerformance by Sheema Kermani’s group

"Batain aur Mulaqaatain" throughout the Festival.  Author signings, book fair, food court, and an exhibition of photos by Tapu Javeri and Arif Mahmood. 

Main Garden Jasmine          Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Lawn Lawn11.45a.m. – 12.45 p.m.6        

Launch: Half of Two Paisas: The Extraordinary Mission of Abdul Sattar Edhi & Bilquis Edhi Author Lorenza Raponi in conversation with Tehmina Durrani.Chief Guests: Abdul Sattar, Bilquis Edhi

Cricket and Cricket WritingSaad Shafqat, Osman Samiuddin,Kamila ShamsieInterviewer: Murad Moosa Khan

Niklay Teri Talash Mein: Readings and Conversationwith Mustansar Hussain TararModerator: Irfan Javaid

Reality & Kitsch in Contemporary English PoetrySalman Tarik Kureishi, Adrian Husain, Bilal HamidModerator: Naz Ahsanuddin

CLF Dosti Kitabon Sey:OUP Programmeto PromoteReading inChildren: KhaledAnam

CLF The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on ExperienceVarda Nisar, OUP MuseumRegistration required

12.45–2.30 p.m. Lunch and Prayer Break

Main Garden

Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn Lawn

2.30–

3.30 pm8

Organizing Literature FestivalsAmeena Saiyid, Erica James, Adrienne Loftus Parkins, Jon SlackModerator: Asif Farrukhi

Aaj ka GhalibShamim Hanfi, Wajid Jawad, Iftikhar ArifModerators: Mahmood Jamal, Bari Mian

Pakistan-Russia Relations & Bilateral CooperationAndrey Demidov, Sergey Kamenev, Ashraf Jehangir QaziModerator: Riaz Mohammad Khan

Launch: Hassan Dars jo RisaloMasood LoharErum MahboobMazhar LaghariSardar ShahModerator: Mohammed Hanif

Writers’ Club:Creative Writing for Young WritersModerator: Aquila Ismail. 

CLF Readings by Fahmida RiazfromShaikh Saadi andTareekhiKahanianby MuhammadHusain AzadModerator: Nusrat Jahan

CLF Art Sessionfor Childrenwith AbdulMalikPuppetShow byRitzTheatre

CLF Session 1:The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on ExperiencewithVarda Nisar

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn Lawn

3.45–4.45 p.m7

A Blind Man’s Garden: In Conversation with Nadeem AslamModerator:Kamila ShamsiePresented by TapalDanedar Teabags

Launch: Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani & Indian Scientists Speak Out Edited by Pervez Hoodbhoy Moderator: Raza RumiIntroduction: Ameena Saiyid, Britta Petersen

Whose Pakistan? Whose Picture? Writing Pakistan in English TodayFaisal Nazir, Bina Shah, Zahra SabriModerator:Madeline Clements

Cultural EnlightenmentChallenge and OpportunityMoonis Ahmar, Michael O’Dea, Nomanul HaqModerator: Farhan Hanif Siddiqi

Launch: Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of MarginalisationEdited by Laurent Gayer Syed Jaffar Ahmed. Moderator: Irfan Husain

Writers’ Club cont’d

CLF The Power of IllustrationAn Interactive Session with Nigar Nazar

CLF Guddu kiSochaenA play byTehrik-e-Niswan

CLFSession 1 cont’dThe Art of Book Makingwith Varda Nisar

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Lawn Lawn

5–6 pm8

Conversation with Tehmina DurraniModerator: Ameena Saiyid

Readings: Rumi: A NewTransl by Farrukh DhondyIn Good Faithby Saba NaqviModerator:Raza Rumi

The Resonance of Pulp Fiction in the Popular ImaginationShakeel Adil Zada,Zaheda Hina, Amjad Islam Amjad. Moderator: Kamran Asdar Ali

Readings & Conversation with Amar JaleelModerator: Shah Muhammad Pirzada

Readings from German LiteratureSilke Scheuermann, Yassin MusharbashModerator: Ishrat Lindblad

Lady Changez Khan & Pom Pom Darling.Zambeel Dramatic Readings from Ismat Chughtai’s Ghoonghat & Quratulain Hyder’s Nazaara Darmiyaan Hai

CLF Pappu kaPaneerA PlaybyThespianzTheatre

CLFSession 2: The Art of Book MakingVardaNisar

6.15–

7.15 pm5

Dastangoi: MantoiyatDanish Husain, Darain Shahidi. Chair: Intizar Husain

Postcolonial Minds: Askari and Ahmad AliMehr Afshan Farooqi, Moderator: Shamim Hanfi

Performing Poetry Lemn Sissay Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureishi

Readings: Garbage Beat Richa LakheraThe Holy WomanQaisra Shahraz Mod: Madeline Clements

Readings and Conversation with Mirza Athar Baig.  Moderator: Asif Farrukhi

CLF Art of Book Making Session 2 cont’d

Saturday, 16 February 2013 (Page 3 of 7) 

Main Garden Jasmine         Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn Lawn

10– 11 am8

The Fall & the Rise of the Pakistani CinemaMeher Jaffri, JavedSheikh, Nadeem MandviwallaModerator: Adnan Malik

Kufa mein Curfew: Readings from Intizar Husain’s FictionMehr Afshan Farooqi, Shamim HanfiModerator: Asif Farrukhi 

Karachi: Our Stories in Our Words. Edited by Maniza NaqviSpeaker: Bina Shah. Moderator: Durdana Soomro

In Her Own Write: Modern Women’s Writings in UrduReadings by Azra Abbas, Tanveer AnjumModerator: Kishwar Naheed

Political Parties & the 2013 ElectionsFarhan Hanif Siddiqi, Syed Jaffar AhmedModerator: Mohammad Waseem

CLF Nasreen Iqbal on Compassion(for secondary school children)

CLFPuppet Show by RitzTheatre

 CLFSession 3:The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on Experience  Varda NisarRegistration required

11.15 am–12.15 pm8

Narratives: The Impact of Political Received Wisdomspeaker to be announcedChair: AshrafJehangir Qazi

TheatrewalaySalim Arif, Khalid Ahmad, Ashok BindalModerator:

Music Room: A discussion on the Indian Classical Music S.M. Shahid, Ila Arun, Arshad MahmudModerator: Peter Pannke

Urdu Novel:Kal, Aaj aur KalMustansar Hussain Tarar, Mirza Athar Baig, Hasan ManzarChair: Intizar HusainModerator: Fatema Hassan

Launch:The Baloch Who is Not Missing & Others Who Areby Mohammed HanifFarzana Majeed, I. A. Rehman Moderator: Mohammad Ali Talpur

Poetry BazaarAquila Ismail

CLF Launch:A Children’sHistory ofthe Punjabby HamidaKhuhroZakia Sarwar, Kamila ShamsieModerator:Shahla Naqvi

CLFPappu kaPaneerA PlaybyThespianz Theatre

CLFSession 3:The Art of Book MakingwithVarda Nisar

12.30–1.30 p.m.7

Political Engagement in the Pakistani English NovelNadeem Aslam, Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin HamidModerator: Muneeza Shamsie

Rights and Wrongs: Human Rights in PakistanAli Dayan Hasan, Hamid Khan, I. A. Rehman, Asma Jahangir.Moderator: Justice Nasira Iqbal

The State of Education in PakistanPervez Hoodbhoy, Shahid Kardar, Ishrat Husain, Abbas RashidModerator: Baela Jamil, Zubaida Jalal

Kalaam e Shair ba Zubaan e Shair: Rendition of Urdu Poets by Nusrat AliModerator: Raheela Baqai 

Launch: A Political History of Pakistan 1947-2002by V. Y. BelokrenitskyH. Gauhar, Ghazi SalahuddinModerator: Jehangir Ashraf Qazi

Poetry Bazaarcont’d

CLF Let’s Write a Story: Creative Writing Workshopby Zakia Sarwar, Mohsin Tejani

CLFPuppet Showby Ritz Theatre

CLF Session 3 continues:The Art of Book Making withVarda Nisar

1.30–2.30 p.m. Lunch Break

Main Garden Jasmin         Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn Lawn

2.45–3.45 p.m9

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia In Conversation with Mohsin Hamid Moderator: H.M. NaqviPresented by TapalDanedar Teabags

Social Satire: Laughing at OurselvesAli Gul Pir, Beo Zafar, Bushra AnsariModerator: Nadeem Paracha

Pakistan's New Political EconomyAasim Sajjad, Ali Cheema, Faisal SiddiqiModerator: Akbar Zaidi

Readings & Conversation with Kishwar Naheed, Iftikhar ArifModerator: Raza Rumi

Readings:Kuraj by Silvia Di NatalieThe Disappeared andMy Favourite Thingsby Kim EchlinModerator: Durdana Soomro

Screening of Clips fromDocumentariesPoles Apart,Breaking the Silence, & Umeed (Hope)by SamarMinallah Khan

Important Turns in Pakistan’s HistoryM Reza KazimiChair: Nomanul Haq 

CLF Story tellingby Zara Mumtaz.Agahi Children's Theatre & Happy Home School

CLFSession 4:The Art of Book Making.Varda NisarRegistration required

4–5pm9

Dateline AfghanistanZahid Hussain,Riaz Mohammad Khan, Declan Walsh, Najmuddin ShaikhModerator: Najam Sethi

Manto: Mera DostA Play byTehrik-e- Niswan

The OtherH.M. Naqvi, Nadeem Aslam, Kamila ShamsieModerator: M. Wyatt

On the Politics of Child LabourBaela Jamil, Samar Minallah Khan, Taimur RahmanModerator:Karamat Ali

Launch: Faiz: 50 Poems by Mahmood Jamal Yusuf Jamal.Poetry of the Talibanby Alex Strick van Linschoten Humayun Gauhar, Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra

CLF Toffee TV Kahaani Time: Kashu & the Magic Mirror Umair Naeem Live Story llustrationsTalea ZafarGroup SingsongToffeeTV.com

CLF Launch:Edhi, by A. AsfarAkhtarHameed Khanby Rumana HusainSpeakers Tehmina Durrani, Aquila Ismail. Mod:: Rumana Husain

CLF Dosti Kitabon Sey: OUPProgram forPromoting Reading amongChildren  Khaled Anam

CLF Session 4:The Art of Book Makingwith Varda Nisar

5.15– 6.1

In Conversation with Farrukh Dhondy

Popular TV Drama Main Hum kia Dekhtay

Does History Matter in Pakistan?

Launch: Farnood by Jaun Elia Shakeel Adilzada Jadeed Farsi Shairi Transl.

Karachi: The Instant City Reading & Conversation w. Steve Inskeep

CLF Fun with Words with Fauzia

CLF Session 4 cont’dThe Art of Book

5 pm6

Moderators: Richa Lakhera, Asif Noorani

HainHaseena Moin, Noor ul Huda Shah, Amjad Islam Amjad, Qaisra ShahrazMod: Khursheed Hyder

Andrey Demidov, H. Khuhro, A G Noorani.Mod: J. Ahmed

Noon Meem RashidIftikhar ArifModerator: Shahida Hasan

Moderator: Javed Jabbar

Minallah  MakingwithVarda Nisar

Saturday, 16 February 2013 (Page 5 of 7)

Main Garden Jasmin Aquarius Tulip Sunflower

6.30–7.30 p.m4

Conversation with George Galloway MPModerator: Irfan Husain

MUSHAIRAH  Saiyid Ali Naqvi, Anwar Shaoor, Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed, Fahmida Riaz, Imdad Hussaini, Sahar Imdad, Sahar Ansari, Amjad Islam Amjad, Khwaja Razi Haider, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Shahida Hassan, Sabir Waseem, Attiya Dawood, Shaukat Abid, Mohsin Shakeel, Anwar Masood, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Peerzada Salman. Nizamat: Fatema Hassan

Punjabiyat Kishwar Desai, Nadeem Aslam, Mohammed Hanif. Moderator: Sarwat Mohiuddin

In Conversation with Kanak Mani Dixit, Editor and Publisher of HimalModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin

7:30 - 8:30 pm MUSHAIRAH continues in Jasmine Hall

Sunday, 17 February 2013 (Page 6 of 7)

Main Garden Jasmine        

Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower

Lawn Lawn

10– 11 am9

        

Dynastic PoliticsVictoria Schofield, Najmuddin Shaikh, Barkha Dutt                   Moderator: Najam Sethi

Secularism in PakistanHamid Khan, Javed Jabbar, Asma Jahangir, Justice Nasira IqbalModerator: Irfan Husain

Emerging WritersSyed Kashif Raza, Masud Alam,Shazaf FatimaModerator: Mohammed Hanif

Tareekh aur Hamaray Masail (History & Contemporary Issues)Mubarak Ali, Jaffer Ahmed, Sultan-i-RomeMod: Kamran Asdar Ali

Launch: Critical Muslim Series: The Arabs are Alive (Vol 1) Salman Tarik KureshiThe Idea of Islam(Vol 2) Ishrat Lindblad.Pakistan? (Vol 4)Bina Shah Mod: Ghazi Salahuddin 

DramaticReading fromIntizar Husain’s‘Paani kayQaidi’ byTehrik-e-NiswanChief Guest:Intizar Husain

CLF Reading: Cracking the Codefor ChildrenMona Qaisar, Shahina Alvi

CLF Sazishki vajahsey khailMultaviA play by ImranAslam, staged byGrippsTheatre

CLFSession 5:The Art ofBook Making:Varda NisarRegistrationrequired

11.15 a.m.– 12.15 p.m8

In Conversation with Najam Sethi Moderator: Muneeb Farooq

The Dynamics of KarachiLaurent Gayer, Steve Inskeep, Aquila Ismail, Bina Shah, Arif HasanMod: Kamran Asdar Ali

Urdu ka Sitam ya Urdu peh Sitam:A Talk by Arfa Sayeda Zehra Mod: Fatema Hassan

Dastan aur Ghazal: Readings from Classical Urdu LiteratureZehra Nigah, Intizar HusainModerator: Asif Farrukhi

Readings:Fatal Faultlinesby Irfan HusainClifton Bridgeby Irshad AbdulKadirModerator:Ishrat Lindblad

George Galloway MP Press Conference

CLF How Books are PublishedAmeena Saiyid,Fahmida Riaz, Angela Hasan,Shireen Syed,Shiraz Haider, Raheela Baqai

CLF StoryTellingbyAdeelHashmi

CLF Session 5:The Art of Book Making withVarda Nisar

12.30–1.30 pm8

KashmirVictoria Schofield,Najmuddin Shaikh, Idrees Lone Mod:

Appreciating Urdu PoetryBari Mian, Wajid Jawad, Mahmood JamalModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin

In Conversation with Izzeldin AbuelaishModerator: Raza Rumi

Launch: Poora MantoShamim HanfiModerator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Launch: Of Martyrs and Marigoldsby Aquila IsmailZubeida Mustafa, Khalid AhmadModerator:Niilofur Farrukh

LaunchSindh: Stories from a Lost Homeland by Saaz AggarwalSpeaker: Hamida Khuhro

CLF StoryTelling for Childrenwith Rumana Husain, Khursheed Hyder, Amra Alam

CLFPuppetShowbyRitz Theatre

CLF Session 5 cont’d:with VardaNisar

1:30 – 2.30 p.m Lunch BreakMain

GardenJasmine         Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Sunflower Lawn Lawn

2.30–3.30 pm7

Indo-Pakistan Discourse: Dissent or ConformityA.G. Noorani, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Zafar HilalyModerator: Shahrukh Hasan

Glittering Prizes: Award Winning Fiction 2010-13Talk and Slide Presentationby Muneeza ShamsieModerator: Razeshta Sethna

Feminization of Poverty in PakistanHaris Gazdar, Sadiqa Salahuddin, Fahmida Riaz, Urvashi ButaliaModerator: Taimur Rahman

Launch: Indus Waters & Social Change: The Evolution and Transition of Agrarian Society in PakistanSaiyid Ali Naqvi, Ijaz Nabi, Akbar ZaidiModerator: Noman Ahmed

CLF Map ReadingSkills forChildrenwith Asfiya Aziz

CLF Pappu kaPaneerA PlaybyThespianzTheatre

CLF Session 6:The Art of Book MakingwithVarda Nisar

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn Lawn

3.45–4.45 pm8

 

Pakistan through Foreign EyesDeclan Walsh, Hasnain Kazim, Yassin Musharbash, Idrees Lone,,

The Prospects of US-Pakistan RelationsMaleeha Lodhi & speaker to be

PublishingTranslationsFahmida Riaz, Lorenza Raponi, Silvia Di Natale, Urvashi ButaliaModerator: Asif Farrukhi

Tanz o MazahAnwar Masood, Ata ul Haq QasmiModerator: Sarwat Mohiuddin 

Readings: In the City of Gold & Silver: The Story of Begum Hazrat Mahal by Kenize MouradMod: Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi

Izzeldin AbuelaishPress Conference

CLF PoetryWriting forYoung Adultswith Lemn Sissay

CLF DostiKitabonSey: OUPProgrammeto Promote ReadingamongChildren

CLFSession 6: The Art of Book Makin withVarda Nisar

Barkha Dutt Moderator: Cyril Almeida

announcedModerator: Omayr Saiyid 

Aboard the Democracy Train by Nafisa HoodbhoyModerator: Syed Jaffar Ahmad

 KhaledAnam

5– 6 pm6

Folk Music and TheatreIla Arun, Sheema KermaniChair: Naz Ikramullah

A Carrot is a Carrot:Selected Readings byZia MohyeddinModerator: Asif Farrukhi

The Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab: In Conversation with Sarwat MohiuddinChair: Peter PannkeModerator: Zahra Sabri

Readings & Conversation with Amjad Islam AmjadModerator: Ahmed Shah

Udas Naslain (The Weary Generation):In Conversation with Abdullah HussainModerator: Irfan Javed

CLF ToffeeTVKahaani Time Urdu Story Hira Bawahab, Hamza Lari GroupSingSong byToffeeTV.com

CLFSession 6 cont’dThe Art of Book MakingVarda Nisar

6:30-6:50 pm:  Speeches by Ameena Saiyid, Asif Farrukhi, and Rizwan U. Khan, General Manager, Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Pakistan and Afghanistan6:50-7:20 pm:  Closing address by George Galloway MP7:20-7:35 pm:  Announcement of the Karachi Literature Festival-Coca Cola Prize for Best Non-Fiction by a Pakistani / Pakistani-origin author written in 2012"Batain aur Mulaqaatain" throughout the Festival.  Author signings, book fair, food court, and an exhibition of photography by Tapu Javeri and Arif Mahmood. 

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