24, 25, and 26 April 2015 Hotel Margala, Islamabad
www.karachiliteraturefestival.org
Bringing together international and Pakistani writers to showcase writing at its best
About the Islamabad Literature Festival The Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) was launched in April 2013 and has been a resounding success right from the start. Inspired by the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) was launched at the end of 2011. The momentum begun in Pakistan with the KLF led not only to the CLF but also to the Lahore and Islamabad Literature Festivals (LLF, ILF), both launched in 2013, and the Teachers’ Literature Festival (TLF) which was launched in 2014. This momentum reflects the depth of our historical literary and cultural roots, and the great desire and energy in Pakistan— irrespective of the city in which the Festival is held—to seek knowledge, understanding, and creative growth. The ILF and KLF are directed by Ameena Saiyid, founded by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, and produced by Oxford University Press. The KLF, ILF, CLF and TLF are open to all and free. The first of a kind in Pakistan, the ILF and KLF bring together and celebrate authors writing in diverse languages, genres, and traditions. They feature debates, discussions, lectures, mushairas, book fairs, book launches, readings, signings, comedy, satire, theatre, music, and children’s sessions. Since 2014 the ILF and KLF have featured parallel art programming, curated by ArtNow. This year, the ILF will feature 60 sessions and 172 speakers/participants. Each year, the speakers/participants have been outstanding, including, but not limited to, the following keynote speakers: Intizar Husain, Kamila Shamsie, and Zia Mohyeddin (2013), Zehra Nigah, Aamer Hussein, Kishwar Naheed, and Muneeza Shamsie (2014). This year’s keynote speakers are Anatol Lieven, Ataul Haq Qasmi, Zehra Nigah, and the Pulitzer Prize winner, Paul Harding along with many other outstanding speakers/participants. We hope to see you at the Margala Hotel on 24, 25, 26 April 2015. There’s no need to register in advance: just turn up.
Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival: • • • •
Book Fair Author Signings Media Rooms Art Exhibitions by ArtNow: Visual Reportage in Crisis; Renald Deppe: Seeing with Your Ears , Hearing with Your Eyes
Friday, 24 April 2015
7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
6.15 – 7.15 p.m.
5.30 – 6.00 p.m.
4.00 – 5.30 p.m.
Margala Hall
Sangam Hall
Board Room
Margala Hall Inauguration Welcome Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi Speech by HE Martine Dorance, French Ambassador Speech by HE Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani, Italian Ambassador Speech by Tom Leary, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy Speech by Peter Upton, Country Director, British Council Keynote Speeches by Anatol Lieven and Ataul Haq Qasmi Margala Hall Performance on Kishwar Naheed’s poem ‘Hum Gunahgaar Aurtain Hain’ by Feriyal Amal Aslam Choreographed and introduced by Indu Mitha
He, She, or… Shayma Saiyid in conversation with Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, author of Me Laxmi, Me Hijra
Screening of ‘Life’s Worth Living’ and discussion with the US film-makers Alison Gilkey and Eric Neudel Moderated by Maryam Qasim
Kahan Kahan say Guzray: Meri Zindagi ki Kahani Hamra Khalique and Masood Ashar Moderated by Zaheda Hina Winner of the KLF Best Fiction Prize: Framji Minwalla in conversation with Shandana Minhas, author of Survival Tips for Lunatics
Khushwant Singh: Among the Immortals Rahul Singh, Ameena Saiyid, Ashok Chopra, Aitzaz Ahsan, and Pran Nevile Moderated by Asif Noorani
The Muse among the Margallas: Poetry Recitation in English Waqas Naeem, Azka Khan, Risham Amjad, Harris Khalique, Syed Jarri Heydar, Hera Naguib, Mina Malik-Hussain, Mehvash Amin, Athar Tahir, Zaffar Kunial, and Salman Tarik Kureshi Moderated by Ilona Yusuf
Making Them Laugh and Cry Farooq Qaiser, Shahid Nadeem, and Haseena Moin Moderated by Khursheed Hyder
Saturday, 25 April 2015 Sangam Hall
Board Room
Consulate Room
Margala Hall Plenary Session Ayesha Mian and Ameena Saiyid in conversation with the Army Public School, Peshawar, students and teachers
Power Failure: The Political Odyssey of a Pakistani Woman by Syeda Abida Hussain Syeda Abida Hussain, Mushahid Hussain, and Syed Talat Hussain Moderated by Abbas Rashid
Kahani ka Safar Masood Ashar in conversation with Mustansar Hussain Tarar Tabeer ki Talash mein by Rehan Alavi Rehan Alavi, Peter Heyward, and Mustansar Hussain Tarar Moderated by Najeeba Arif Full of Sound and Fury: Elections in Pakistan Anatol Lieven, Syeda Abida Hussain, and Sahar Shafqat Moderated by Rashed Rahman
12.30 – 1.30 p.m.
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
10.00 – 11.00 a.m.
Margala Hall
Midwifing the Masterpieces: Authors, Literary Agents, Publishers, and Booksellers Jessica Woollard, Urvashi Butalia, Ashok Chopra, and Om Arora Moderated by Ameena Saiyid
Winning the Pulitzer Prize Shandana Minhas in conversation with Paul Harding
Art and the Market Ambereen Karamat, Sameera Raja, Asma Rasheed Khan, and Zara Sajid Moderated by Quddus Mirza Presented by
Reading Art Aasim Akhtar, Maliha Noorani, and Nadeem Omar Tarar Moderated by Farida Batool Presented by
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. Break
2.30 – 3.30 p.m.
Margala Hall Rights and Wrongs of Transgender Issues Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Almas Bobby, Hina Jillani, Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, and Sheherbano Khan Moderated by Farzana Bari
Sangam Hall
Board Room
News, Views, and Sensationalism Talat Hussain, Farhan Bokhari, Nasim Zehra, and Robin Pagnamenta Moderated by Rashed Rahman
Reading in Early Grades: Why it’s Important and What can be Done to Promote It? Thomas LeBlanc, Attash Durrani, and Arfa Sayeda Zehra Moderated by Sidra Iqbal
New Faber Poet Ilona Yusuf in conversation with Zaffar Kunial
Author to Author Shehryar Fazli in conversation with Mohammed Hanif
A Women’s Jirga from Swat Tabassum Adnan Hamid, Sultan-i-Rome, Ahmad Fouad, and Shirin Gul Moderated by Zeeshan Noel
The Matter of the Moving Image Fatima Hussain, Natasha Jozi, and Basir Mahmood Moderated by Madeline Clements
Presented by
3.45 – 4.45 p.m.
VOICE & ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMME
Yemen: Difficult Choices for Pakistan Riaz Mohammad Khan, Moeed Pirzada, and Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Moderated by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Consulate Room
Educational Crisis and Reform: Perspectives from South Asia by Abbas Rashid and Irfan Muzaffar Abbas Rashid and Irfan Muzaffar Moderated by Faisal Bari
Presented by
Presented by
7.30 – 9.00 p.m.
6.15 – 7.15 p.m.
5.00 – 6.00 p.m.
VOICE & ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMME
Politics: The Art of the Possible and Sometimes the Impossible Syeda Abida Hussain, Aitzaz Ahsan, Ikram Sehgal, and Mushahid Hussain Moderated by Farhan Bokhari
Ismat Chughtai: Challenging the Conventions Ameena Saiyid, Zaheda Hina, Intizar Husain, and Arfa Sayeda Zehra Moderated by Ali Madeeh Hashmi
Balochistan: Tareekh, Siyasat aur Hassaas Mehl e Waqoo Abdul Malik Baloch, Tahir Bizenjo, and I. A. Rehman Moderated by Mujahid Barelvi
Art, Culture, and IT Suhair Khan, Yasmin Lari, and Sumaira Samad Moderated by Sameera Raja Presented by
Why We Write? Sorayya Khan, Paul Harding, Shandana Minhas, and Mohammad Hanif Moderated by Framji Minwalla
Teaching More or Better? Zobaida Jalal, Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, Ameena Saiyid, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Mosharraf Zaidi, and A. H. Nayyar Moderated by Baela Raza Jamil
The Poet Looks Eastward Ilona Yusuf in conversation with Athar Tahir author of The Last Tea Masculinity, Sexuality, and Illegal Migration: Human Smuggling from Pakistan to Europe by Ali Nobil Ahmad Ali Nobil Ahmad Moderated by Harris Khalique
Margala Hall Mushaira Nizamat: Najeeba Arif Abbas Tabish, Abida Taqi, Aftab Iqbal Shamim, Ahmad Ata, Ahmad Fouad, Anjum Saleemi, Arshad Mairaj, Fatema Hassan, Harris Khalique, Jalil Aali, Kishwar Naheed, Muhammad Izhar ul Haq, Nusrat Masood, Qasim Yaqoob, Ravish Nadeem, Rehman Faris, Saeed Ahmad, Shaheen Abbas, Shakeel Jazib, Syed Manzar Naqvi, and Tauseef Tabassum
Sunday, 26 April 2015
12.30 – 1.30 p.m.
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
10.00 – 11.00 a.m.
Margala Hall
Sangam Hall
Margala Hall Art and Cultural Diplomacy Bilal Tanweer, Paul Harding, Judith Ravin, and Fizza Hassan Moderated by Ayesha Fazlur Rahman
Baat se Baat Asif Farrukhi and Muhammad Ahmed Shah in conversation with Ataul Haq Qasmi
Ahmad Faraz: The Poet as Witness to the Age Aitzaz Ahsan, Shibli Faraz, Afrasiab Khattak, and Saima Jaffery Moderated by Mujahid Barelvi
Birds of Sialkot by Kamran Saleem Kamran Saleem and Mustansar Hussain Tarar Moderated by Noor ul Hassan
Pakistani Cinema: Kal aur Aaj Asif Raza Mir, Yasir Jaswal, Bahar Begum, and Jia Ali Moderated by Raju Jamil Presented by
Board Room
Anatol Lieven and Moeed Pirzada in conversation with Yaqoob Bangash, author of A Princely Affair: The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947–1955
What Will You Give for This Beauty? by Ali Akbar Natiq Translated by Ali Madeeh Hashmi Ali Akbar Natiq Moderated by Ali Madeeh Hashmi
Consulate Room
The Eye Still Seeks by Salima Hashmi Farida Batool, Salima Hashmi, and Sameera Raja Moderated by Aasim Akhtar Presented by
Judicial Activism or Judicial Overreach? The Politics and Jurisprudence of the Chaudhry Court 2005–2013 edited by Ijaz Shafi Gilani and Moeen H. Cheema Chair: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Munir Malik, Hamid Khan, Moeen H. Cheema, and Faisal Siddiqui Moderated by Ijaz Shafi Gilani
From Flaubert to Faiz: French and Pakistani Literatures David Waterman and Framji Minwalla Moderated by Bilal Tanweer
Intoxicated with Love Book Launch: Bulleh Shah: A Selection Rendered into English Verse by Taufiq Rafat Athar Tahir and Sarwat Mohiuddin Moderated by Shahid Nadeem Kaafi Singer: Shaukat Manzoor
Adhoori Kulliyat, Poori Shairi Intizar Husain and Asghar Nadeem Syed Moderated by Kishwar Naheed
From Words to Works Madeline Clements and Quddus Mirza Presented by
2.30 – 3.30 p.m.
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. Break Healing a Nation: Trauma and Mental Health in Pakistan Ayesha Mian, Ambreen Ahmad, and Asma Humayun Moderated by Murad Moosa Khan
Dehshat Gardi aur Aaj Kal ki Mohabbat Masud Mufti, Hameed Shahid, and Qasim Yaqoob Moderated by Najeeba Arif
Crossing Boundaries, Blurring Borders Brigitta Blaha, Natasha Jozi, Quddus Mirza, Anjum Alex Noon, and Zebunnisa Bangash Moderated by Fatima Hussain Presented by
7.30 – 9.00 p.m.
6.15 – 7.15 p.m.
5.00 – 6.00 p.m.
3.45 – 4.45 p.m.
Margala Hall Gul Chandni Najeeba Arif and Asif Farrukhi in conversation with Zehra Nigah
From Lollywood to Bollywood and Back Pran Nevile Moderated by Asif Noorani
Sangam Hall Afghanistan: North-Western Exposure Anatol Lieven, Riaz Mohammad Khan, and Sahar Shafqat Moderated by Nasim Zehra
1947: The Blood-stained Dawn Intizar Husain, Masood Ashar, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, and Urvashi Butalia Moderated by Asif Farrukhi
Margala Hall Closing Ceremony Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi Keynote Speeches by Zehra Nigah and Paul Harding, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Margala Hall Sufi Music Ensemble by Rafi Peer
Board Room
Consulate Room
Intikhab-e-Kalam: Zahida Khatoon Sherwaniya compiled by Fatema Hassan Fatema Hassan Moderated by Zaheda Hina
The Future of the Nation in Art Basir Mahmood, Fawzia Naqvi, and Qudsia Rahim Moderated by Maliha Noorani
Tales from Islamabad City of Spies by Sorayya Khan Sorayya Khan and Harris Khalique Moderated by Bilal Tanweer
Presented by
Names: A Study of Personal Names, Identity, and Power in Pakistan by Tariq Rahman Tariq Rahman Moderated by Athar Tahir
Historical Dictionary of the Sufi Culture of Sindh in Pakistan and India by Michel Boivin Michel Boivin Moderated by Yaqoob Bangash
A History of Pakistani Literature in English 1947–1988 by Tariq Rahman Tariq Rahman Moderated by David Waterman
Tareeqat: Seven Elements of Living Sufism in Pakistan by Kamran Ahmad Kamran Ahmad Moderated by Sarwat Mohiuddin
AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS A. H. Nayyar Aasim Akhtar Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Abbas Rashid Abbas Tabish Abdul Malik Baloch Abida Taqi Afrasiab Khattak Aftab Iqbal Shamim Ahmad Atta Ahmad Fouad Aitzaz Ahsan Alamgir Hashmi Ali Akbar Natiq Ali Madeeh Hashmi Ali Nobil Ahmad Alison Gilkey Almas Bobby Ambereen Karamat Ambreen Ahmad Ameena Saiyid Anatol Lieven Anjum Alex Noon Anjum Saleemi Arfa Sayeda Zehra Arshad Mairaj Asghar Nadeem Syed Ashok Chopra Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Asif Farrukhi Asif Noorani Asif Raza Mir Asma Humayun Asma Rasheed Khan Ataul Haq Qasmi Athar Tahir Attash Durrani Ayesha Fazlur Rahman
Ayesha Mian Azka Khan Baela Raza Jamil Bahar Begum Basir Mahmood Bilal Tanweer Brigitta Blaha Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq David Waterman Eric Neudel Faisal Bari Faisal Siddiqui Farhan Bokhari Farida Batool Farooq Qaiser Farzana Bari Fatema Hassan Fatima Hussain Fawzia Naqvi Feriyal Amal Aslam Fizza Hassan Framji Minwalla Hameed Shahid Hamid Khan Hamra Khalique Harris Khalique Haseena Moin Hera Naguib Hina Jillani I. A. Rehman Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Ijaz Shafi Gilani Ikram Sehgal Ilona Yusuf Indu Mitha Intizar Husain Irfan Muzaffar Jalil Aali
Jessica Woollard Jia Ali Judith Ravin Kamran Ahmad Kamran Saleem Khursheed Hyder Kishwar Naheed Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Madeline Clements Maliha Noorani Maryam Qasim Masood Ashar Masud Mufti Mehvash Amin Michel Boivin Mina Malik-Hussain Moeed Pirzada Moeen H. Cheema Mohammed Hanif Mosharraf Zaidi Muhammad Ahmed Shah Muhammad Izhar ul Haq Mujahid Barelvi Munir Malik Murad Moosa Mushahid Hussain Mustansar Hussain Tarar Nadeem Omar Tarar Najeeba Arif Nasim Zehra Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri Natasha Jozi Noor ul Hassan Nusrat Masood Om Arora Osman Khalid Butt Paul Harding Peter Heyward
Pran Nevile Qasim Yaqoob Quddus Mirza Qudsia Rahim Rahul Singh Raja Changez Sultan Raju Jamil Rashed Rahman Rehan Alavi Rehman Faris Riaz Mohammad Khan Risham Amjad Robin Pagnamenta Saeed Ahmad Sahar Shafqat Saima Jaffery Salima Hashmi Salman Tarik Kureshi Sameera Raja
Sarwat Mohiuddin Shaheen Abbas Shahid Nadeem Shakeel Jazib Shandana Minhas Shayma Saiyid Sheherbano Khan Shehryar Fazli Shibli Faraz Shirin Gul Sidra Iqbal Sorayya Khan Suhair Khan Sultan-i-Rome Sumaira Samad Syed Jarri Heydar Syed Manzar Naqvi Syed Talat Hussain Syeda Abida Hussain
Tabassum Adnan Hamid Tahir Bizenjo Tariq Rahman Tauseef Tabassum Thomas LeBlanc Urvashi Butalia Waqas Naeem Yaqoob Bangash Yasir Jaswal Yasmin Lari Zaffar Kunial Zaheda Hina Zara Sajid Zebunnisa Bangash Zeeshan Noel Zehra Nigah Zhalay Sarhadi Zobaida Jalal
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Oxford University Press (OUP) is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP Pakistan is committed to promoting the reading culture and to improving the intellectual content of life in Pakistan. It has an extensive school and college textbook publishing programme which addresses the need for books that are both of high quality and specific to the environment. It has gained a reputation for publishing well-researched academic and general books which are considered to be authoritative and definitive works on Pakistan.
*The Festival reserves the right to change the programme at any time. Every effort will be made to ensure a program of equivalent standard.
