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. InaugurationSpeeches by David Martin, Ameena Saiyid, Asif Farrukhi, Marilyn Wyatt Keynote Speaker: William Dalrymple Performance by Nritaal
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon
Superstar Writer: A Conversation with Shobhaa De Moderator: Asif Noorani
Changing Paradigms of Literature: Urdu and Beyond Nomanul Haq Moderator: Bilal Tanweer
Is Art History Relevant? (Curated by Niilofur Farrukh) Taimur Suri, Rizwanullah Khan, Amin Gulgee, Asma Ibrahim
Manto and Partition Ayesha Jalal Moderator: M. R. Kazimi
Megacities Arif Hasan, Roland deSouza, H. M. Naqvi Moderator: Nausheen Anwar
Masterclass in Creative Writing Robin Yassin-Kassab
Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial Traveller A Theatrical Session. Owen Calvert-Lyons and Peter HigginDuration: 2 hours
12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m.
A Conversation with Hanif Kureishi Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie
Shairi aur Afsana Poetry, Fiction and Translation: Readings and Conversation with Fahmida Riaz Moderator: Harris Khalique
Women Writing Women: A Conversation with Maniza Naqvi, Bina Shah, Nafisa Haji Moderator: Marilyn Wyatt
Pen as Sword: Expressing the New Pakistani Narrative through Fiction A Conversation with Ahmed Rashid Moderator: Khaled Ahmed
Book Launch Scent in the Islamic Garden by Ali Akbar Husain William Dalrymple Moderator: Raza Rumi
Masterclass continued..
Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial Traveller continued…
1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Main Garden Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas
2.00 -3.00 p.m. A Conversation with Anatol Lieven Moderators: Ayesha Siddiqa, Ghazi Salahuddin, Mohsin Hamid
Afsaney ki Batain Readings and Conversation with Urdu Fiction Writers Intizar Hussain and Zaheda Hina Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Book Launch and Conversation with Michel Boivin (Artefacts of Devotion) and Jurgen Frembgen (Nocturnal Music in the Land of the Sufis) Moderator: Samina Quraeshi, Raza Rumi
3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Indus Journeys: A Conversation with William Dalrymple Moderator: Kamila Shamsie
Book Launch Koshish-e-Natamam by Shaista Ikramullah Raza Rumi, Naz Ikramullah Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Tolerance Through Children’s Literature Fauzia Minallah (Session for Children)
4.00 – 5.00 p.m. Miracle Man Book Launch and Conversation with Mohammed Hanif, Author of Our Lady of Alice Bhatti Moderator: Bina Shah
Sher o Sukhan Poetry Readings and Conversation with Iftikhar Arif and Kishwar Naheed Moderator: Raza Rumi
Today’s Pakistan: An Economic and Political Perspective Asad Sayeed, Ishrat Husain, Anatol Lieven, Maleeha Lodhi Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
A Conversation with Siddhartha Deb, Author of The Beautiful and the Damned Moderator: Nauman Naqvi
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism and the Taliban Ahmed Rashid, William Dalrymple, Maleeha Lodhi, Navid Kermani Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Ibn-e-Safi Aik Naye Andaaz Main/ The Re-birth of Ibn-e-Safi Ahmad Safi, Shakeel Adilzada, Sher Shah Syed, Khalid Jawed Moderator: Bilal Tanweer
Honour Killings: Silent Voices, Untold Stories Nafisa Shah, Tahira Khan, Anita Weiss Moderator: Fouzia Saeed
Writing Kashmir Book Launch and Conversation with Mirza Waheed, author of The Collaborators Moderator: Kamila Shamsie
7.00 – 10.00 p.m. MUSHAIRANizamat: Fatema Hassan and Harris Khalique
MUSHAIRAZehra Nigah, Kishwar Naheed, Iftiikhar Arif, Fahmida Riaz, Imdad Hussaini, Sahar Ansari, Shahida Hassan, Khwaja Razi Hyder, Azra Abbas, Ahmed Fouad, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Inam Nadeem, Ali Akbar Natiq, Kashif Hussain Ghayer
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Sehr 1 3rd Floor
10.00 – 11.00 a.m. The Emergence of Bangladesh: A Military Failure or a Collapse of Civil Society Khaled Ahmed, Sarmila Bose, A. R. Siddiqi Moderator: Yaqoob Bangash
Klaseeki Adab aur Aaj kay Parhne Valey/Reading Urdu Classics Today Chair: Intizar Husain Iftikhar Arif, Nomanul Haq, Zehra Nigah, Khalid Jawed Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Literary Criticism Muneeza Shamsie, Hanif Kureishi, Alok Bhalla, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Maniza Naqvi
Book Launch Rock and Roll Jihad by Salman Ahmed of Junoon Moderator: Ameed Riaz
Creative Writing Workshop Nafisa Haji
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon Kashmir A.G. Noorani, Najmuddin Shaikh, Mirza Waheed Moderator: Victoria Schofield
Looking Back at Partition Yasmin Khan, Hamida Khuhro, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Alok Bhalla, Asif Noorani Moderator: M. R. Kazimi
The Arab Spring Stefan Weidner, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Anouar Benmalek Moderator: Ishrat Husain
Satire/Comedy Ali Aftab Saeed of the Beygairat Brigade, Saad Haroon, and Banana News Network (BNN) Moderator: Nadeem Paracha
Book Launch and Talk by Navid Kermani, author of The Terror of God: Attar, Job and the Metaphysical Revolt Moderator: Samina Quraeshi
12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m. Nuclear Pakistan: An Overview of the Strategic Dimension Zafar Iqbal Cheema, Zulfqar Khan, Najmuddin Shaikh Moderator: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Tareekh aur Pakistan Mubarak Ali, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Sultan-i-Rome Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Legal Reforms and Women’s Rights in Pakistan Anita Weiss, Fouzia Saeed, Tahira Abdullah Moderator: Tahira Khan
Pakistani Contemporary Fiction Writings Mohsin Hamid, H. M. Naqvi, Shehryar Fazli, Ayesha Salman Moderator: Maniza Naqvi
Live Cartoon Presentation and Puppet and Muppet Show by Nigar Nazar (Session for Children)
1.00 – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Theatre
2.00 – 3.00 p.m. A Conversation with Vikram Seth Moderator: Shaista Sonnu Sirajuddin
Pakistani Zabanon ka Adab/ Pakistani Languages (Curated by Mohammed Hanif) Amar Sindhu, Ahmad Fouad, Nukhbah Langah
Songs of the Falcon: Balochistan Naheed Azfar, Zobaida Jalal, Yaqoob Bangash Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Book Launch and Conversation with Attiya Dawood, Ainay kay Samnay Ali Akbar Natiq, Qaim Deen Khalid Jawed, Maut ki Kitaab Moderator: Tanveer Anjum
3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Education in Pakistan with a focus on Textbooks Rubina Saigol, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Faisal Bari, Tariq Rahman, Baela Jamil Moderator: Ameena Saiyid
Pakistani Authors and Global Literary Forums Madeline Clements, Claire Chambers Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Eyewitnesses and Observers: Writing about Pakistan through a Foreign Perspective Declan Walsh, Anatol Lieven, Kishore Bhimani, Alok Bhalla, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Raza Rumi
A Conversation with Anouar Benmalek and Claudine Le Tourneur D’ison Moderator: Misbah Khalid and Fouzia Saeed
4.00 – 5.00 p.m. The Mother-Tongue as a Medium of Instruction Zubeida Mustafa, Abbas Rashid, Wajihuddin Ahmed, Ray Brown Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Mediaspeak: How the Media Talks to Us? Mujahid Barelvi, Shaheen Salahuddin, Jasmeen Manzoor Moderator: Ayesha Siddiqa
Book Launch Iffat Humayun Khan’s Electoral Malpractices during the 2008 Elections in Pakistan Mohammad Waseem, Khaled Ahmed Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. The Silent Minority: A Voice for the Voiceless Tariq Rahman, Khaled Ahmed, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Abbas Rashid
Kaargaah-e-Sheesha Gari A Talk on Urdu LiteratureArfa Sayeda Zehra Moderator: Fatema Hassan
The Psychological Effects of Wars, Insurgencies and Terrorism Mowadat Rana, Unaiza Niaz, Sarmila Bose, Feriha Peracha Moderator: Murad Moosa
Book Launch The Oxford Companion to Pakistani History edited by Ayesha Jalal Speaker: Hameed Haroon Moderator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed
A Conversation with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her film nominated for the OscarModerator: Bilal Tanweer
6.30 – 7.00 p.m. Beach View GardenClosing Ceremony Speeches by Martin Fryer, Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi
7.00 – 7.30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Hanif Kureishi
7.30 – 8.30 p.m. Concert by Salman Ahmed of Junoon
Sunday, 12 February 2012