In Support of
Bringing together international and Pakistani writers to showcase writing at its best
6, 7, and 8 February 2015 6 February: 5 to 9 p.m. 7 and 8 February: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi
Entry is free and open to all.
www.karachiliteraturefestival.org
Co-sponsors:
The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was launched in March 2010 and has been a resounding success right from the start. Inspired by the first two KLFs (2010 and 2011), 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 KLF and ILF 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 KLF and ILF bring together and celebrate authors writing in diverse languages, genres, and traditions. They feature debates, discussions, lectures, mushaira, a book fair, book launches, readings, signings, comedy, satire, theatre, music, and children’s sessions such as storytelling, puppetry, painting, singing, and creative movement. Since 2014 the KLF and ILF have featured parallel art programming, curated by ArtNow this year. KLF attendance rose from roughly 5,000 in 2010 to 10,000 in 2011, to 15,000 in 2012, to 50,000 in 2013 to 70,000 in 2014. In 2010 we had 34 sessions with 35 speakers/performers; in 2011, 46 sessions with 104 speakers/performers; in 2012, 62 sessions with 139 speakers/performers; and in 2013 we had around 129 sessions with over 200 speakers/performers (individuals and groups) in Karachi. This year we have cut back on the number of sessions, but still feature well over 200 speakers/participants. Three literary prizes are awarded at the KLF. The KLF Coca-Cola Prize goes to the best non-fiction book originally written in English by a Pakistani or Pakistan-origin foreign national, published anywhere worldwide, and it comes with Rs 200,000. The KLF Peace Prize which comes with 4000 euros is a joint project of the KLF, the Consulate General of Germany in Karachi, and the Embassy of Germany in Islamabad. It goes to a fiction or non-fiction book that promotes peace, tolerance, and international understanding, published anywhere worldwide in any language translated into English, and written by a Pakistani or a Pakistani-origin foreign national residing anywhere worldwide, or any foreign national who is a resident of Pakistan. The KLF Embassy of France Prize promotes fiction originally written in English. The author (a Pakistani or a Pakistaniorigin foreign national residing anywhere worldwide) of the best novel or short story collection, published anywhere worldwide or self-published, wins an official invitation for a fully-sponsored visit to the Paris Book Fair. Each year, the speakers/participants have been outstanding, including, but not limited to, the following keynote speakers: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2010), Karen Armstrong (2011), William Dalrymple (2012), Nadeem Aslam and Intizar Husain (2013), and the Indian historian, Dr Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi (2014). This year’s keynote speakers are Indian author Nayantara Sahgal, niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, and Zehra Nigah along with many other outstanding speakers/participants. We hope to see you at the Beach Luxury Hotel on 6, 7, and 8 February 2015. There’s no need to register in advance: just turn up.
AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS A. Sean Pue
Asif Farrukhi
Iftikhar Salahuddin
Aakar Patel
Asif Noorani
Imdad Hussaini
Aamer Hussein
Asma Jahangir
Inaam Nadeem
Aamina Sheikh
Attiya Dawood
Intizar Husain
Abbas Rashid
Ayesha Mian
Irshad Abdul Kadir
Afzaal Ahmad
Ayoub Mallah
Ishrat Husain
Afzal Ahmed Syed
Azhar Shan
Jameel Yusuf
Agha Ghazanfar
Azra Abbas
Jamil Ahmed
Aitzaz Ahsan
Babar Ayaz
John Keay
Ajmal Siraj
Baela Raza Jamil
Jude Kelly
Akhlaq Ansari
Benyamin
Judith Ravin
Alex Preston
Bilal Tanweer
Jugnu Mohsin
Ali Akbar Natiq
Bina Shah
Jurgen Wasim Frembgen
Ali Saleem
Bushra Ansari
Kamila Shamsie
Ali Sethi
Christopher Merrill
Kamran Asdar Ali
Alizeh Kohari
David Waterman
Karthika V.K.
Amar Jaleel
Fahd Ali
Kashif Hussain Ghayar
Ambareen Haseeb Amber
Fahmida Riaz
Kausar S. Khan
Ameena Saiyid
Faryal Malik
Kavery Nambisan
Amin Hashwani
Fatema Hassan
Khaled Anam
Amjad Islam Amjad
Fawad Khan
Khalid Mahmood
Amra Alam
Feryal Ali-Gauhar
Khalid Mir
Andrea Backhaus
Framji Minwalla
Khizar Humayun Ansari
Anna Suvorova
Ghazi Salahuddin
Khursheed Hyder
Anwar Shaoor
H.M. Naqvi
Kishwar Naheed
Anwer Sen Roy
Hamida Khuhro
Mahtab Akbar Rashdi
Aqeel Abbas Jafri
Haroon Ahmed
Maniza Naqvi
Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Harris Khalique
Manzoor Kohyar
Arif Hasan
Hasan Zaidi
Marc Parent
Arif Zaman
Haseena Moin
Masood Ashar
Arshia Sattar
Hina Khwaja Bayat
Mazhar Zaidi
Asghar Nadeem Syed
I. A. Rehman
Meenu Gaur
Mira Sethi
Raju Jamil
Satyapal Anand
Mohammed Hanif
Rashid Sami
Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Mosharraf Zaidi
Razi Ahmed
Shanaz Ramzi
Muhammad Ahmed Shah
Reshma Krishnan
Shandana Minhas
Mujahid Barelvi
Ritu Menon
Shaukat Abid
Muneeza Shamsie
Rumana Husain
Shayma Saiyid
Munizae Jahangir
Saadia Quraishy
Sheema Kermani
Murad Moosa Khan
Sabeen Mahmud
Sherry Rehman
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Sabir Zafar
Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui
Nadeem F. Paracha
Sabrina Dawood
Sridala Swami
Naeem Sadiq
Sadaf Saaz
Syed Nusrat Ali
Najam Sethi
Sahar Ansari
Syeda Abida Hussain
Nasreen Askari
Sahar Imdad
Tahera Aftab
Nauman Naqvi
Sahar Shafqat
Tanveer Anjum
Navid Shahzad
Sahira Kazmi
Tariq Alexander Qaiser
Nayantara Sahgal
Sajid Ali
Ulrich Schreiber
Nazarul Hasan
Sajid Hasan
Victoria Schofield
Neelofar Abbasi
Salima Ahmed
Wusat Ullah Khan
Nighat Chaodhry
Salman Sarwat
Zafar Hilaly
Nimra Bucha
Salman Tarik Kureshi
Zaheda Hina
Nomanul Haq
Samina Ahmed
Zakia Sarwar
Omayr Aziz Saiyid
Samira Fazal
Zehra Nigah
Osman Samiuddin
Sania Saeed
Zia Mohyeddin
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Sanjay Iyer
Zobaida Jalal
Peter Upton
Sarah Humayun
Zulfiqar Adil
Pierre-Alain BAUD
Sarwat Zehra
Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival: • • • •
Author Signings Media Rooms Book Fair Food Court
• Art Exhibition by ArtNow • Poster Exhibition by Posters for Tomorrow sponsored by HRCP
Inauguration of the 6th Karachi Literature Festival / Jashn-e-Adab 5 p.m. Friday 6 February 2015 Main Garden, Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi 5.00 p.m.
Arrival of Guests
5.30 p.m.
Welcome Speeches by: Ameena Saiyid obe, Managing Director, Oxford University Press, and Founder/Director, Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals, and Co-Founder, Children’s Literature Festival Asif Farrukhi, Founder, Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals Speech by Ghazi Salahuddin, I am Karachi consortium member, and journalist Speeches by Festival Sponsors
6.30 p.m.
Awards of the KLF Best Fiction and Non-Fiction Books
7.00 p.m.
Keynote Speeches by: Nayantara Sahgal Zehra Nigah
8.00 p.m.
Performance by Nighat Chaodhry
Saturday, 7 February 2015
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Politics and Personalities of Pakistan: In Conversation with Najam Sethi Moderator: Agha Ghazanfar
Kitabi Chehre se Facebook tak: Reading in the Age of TV and Social Media Speakers: Haseena Moin, Amjad Islam Amjad, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Zaheda Hina, and Neelofar Abbasi Moderator: Syed Nusrat Ali
He Sang to Our Souls: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Speakers: Pierre Alain Baud and Nomanul Haq Moderator: Ali Sethi
Book Launch: Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait by Anna Suvorova Speakers: Zafar Hilaly, Syeda Abida Hussain, and Anna Suvorova Moderator: Victoria Schofield
Can Local Cinema Travel Globally? Speakers: Sanjay Iyer, Munizae Jahangir, and Meenu Gaur Moderator: Mazhar Zaidi
The World as the Author Sees it Speakers: Aakar Patel, Benyamin, Mohammed Hanif, and Alex Preston Moderator: Sarah Humayun
Book Launch: Fade Into Red by Reshma K. Barshikar Speakers: Zakia Sarwar and Reshma K. Barshikar Moderator: Arshia Sattar
An Eloquent Truth: In Conversation with Jugnu Mohsin Moderator: Sahira Kazmi
Book Launch: The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket by Osman Samiuddin Speakers: Murad Moosa Khan, Nadeem F. Paracha, and Osman Samiuddin Moderator: Kamila Shamsie
Book Launch: Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto by Aakar Patel Speakers: Nauman Naqvi, Kamran Asdar Ali, and Aakar Patel Moderator: Fahd Ali
Sindhi Afsaana jo Saun Saal Speakers: Imdad Hussaini, Manzoor Kohyar, and Akhlaq Ansari Moderator: Sahar Imdad
Book Launch: Where Worlds Collide: Pakistani Fiction in the New Millennium by David Waterman Speakers: Muneeza Shamsie and David Waterman Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Princess
Sunflower
Book Launch: Ballet in the Cane Fields: Vignettes from a Dominican Wanderlogue Moderator: Omayr Aziz Saiyid
The Art of Bookmaking – Activities with Children Age Group: 5 to 12 years
Working with the Printed Word Speakers: Ritu Menon, Ameena Saiyid, Afzaal Ahmad, Marc Parent, and Karthika V.K. Moderator: Asif Noorani
The Art of Bookmaking – Activities with Children Continued
Cultural Diplomacy Speaker: Christopher Merrill Moderator: Shayma Saiyid
The Art of Bookmaking – Activities with Children Continued
Presented by Oxford University Press
Book Launch: Koozah: Naye Likharion ki Kaawishon ka Intikhab Compiled by Zahra Sabri Speakers: Maniza Naqvi and Bilal Tanweer Moderator: Harris Khalique
Presented by Oxford University Press
Book Launch: Baltistan: Apricot Bloom by Tariq Alexander Qaiser Speaker: Tariq Alexander Qaiser Moderator: Iftikhar Salahuddin
Presented by Oxford University Press
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Sunflower
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
BREAK
2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
The Satirical Pen: In Conversation with Mohammed Hanif Moderator: Navid Shahzad
Compassionate Karachi Speakers: Karen Armstrong (on Skype), Pervez Hoodbhoy, Jameel Yusuf, Ishrat Husain, and Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui Moderator: Amin Hashwani
Khayali Shakhs say Muqabala: In Conversation with Kishwar Naheed and Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Kishwar Naheed compiled by Asif Farrukhi Speakers: Asif Farrukhi and Kishwar Naheed Moderators: Muhammad Ahmed Shah and Anwer Sen Roy
Announcement of the KLF Peace Prize Winner
Uncovering History: In Conversation with John Keay Moderator: Nauman Naqvi
Creative Movement for Children with Nighat Chaodhry
3.45 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Shayer e Awam: Habib Jalib Speakers: Asma Jahangir and Aitzaz Ahsan Moderator: Mujahid Barelvi
Crossing Genres: Transmuting Fiction into Drama Speakers: Kamila Shamsie, Framji Minwalla, Arshia Sattar, Alex Preston, and Nimra Bucha Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie
Book Launch: Gender, Politics, and Performance in South Asia compiled by Sheema Kermani, Asif Farrukhi, and Kamran Asdar Ali Speakers: Jamil Ahmed, Andrea Backhaus, Shayma Saiyid, Sheema Kermani, Asif Farrukhi, and Kamran Asdar Ali Moderator: Rumana Husain
Book Launch: Changing India: A Muslim Woman Speaks by Iqbalunnisa Hussain Speakers: Tahera Aftab and Salima Ahmed Moderator: Arif Zaman
IOWA Silk Route Residency Programme Speakers: Bina Shah, Shandana Minhas, Sridala Swami, H. M. Naqvi, and Kavery Nambisan Moderator: Christopher Merrill
Readings from Our Shaikh Sa’di: A Selection from Gulistan and Bustan and The Simurgh and the Birds: A Selection from Mantiq-ut-Tayr by Shaikh Farid ud-Din Attar by Fahmida Riaz Speaker: Fahmida Riaz
Book Launch: Urdu Afsanay Intikhab: Syed Rafiq Hussain and Intikhab: Naiyer Masood compiled by Asif Farrukhi Speakers: Masood Ashar and Intizar Husain Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Main Garden 5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Freedom’s Niece: In Conversation with Nayantara Sahgal Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
6.15 p.m. – 8.15 p.m.
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
The Changing Face of Pakistani Politics Speakers: I. A. Rehman, Asma Jahangir, Syeda Abida Hussain, and Sahar Shafqat Moderator: Mahtab Akbar Rashdi
Book Launch: The Closed Valley: With Fierce Friends in the Pakistani Himalayas and Wrestlers, Pigeon Fanciers, and Kite Flyers: Traditional Sports and Pastimes in Lahore by Jurgen Wasim Frembgen Speakers: John Keay and Jurgen Wasim Frembgen Moderator: Asif Noorani
Mushaira Nizamat: Ambareen Haseeb Amber Anwar Shaoor, Kishwar Naheed, Sahar Ansari, Imdad Hussaini, Amjad Islam Amjad, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Sabir Zafar, Sahar Imdad, Fatema Hassan, Shaukat Abid,Tanveer Anjum, Attiya Dawood, Ajmal Siraj, Harris Khalique, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Sarwat Zehra, Inaam Nadeem, Kashif Hussain Ghayar, Zulfiqar Adil, and Salman Sarwat
8.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.
Presentation on Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders
9.00 p.m.
Concert by Fuzon Band
Princess Book Launch: The Emergence of Socialist Thought among North Indian Muslims (1917–1947) by Khizar Humayun Ansari Speakers: Babar Ayaz and Khizar Humayun Ansari Moderator: Nomanul Haq
Sunflower Dosti Kitabon Sey by Khaled Anam
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Book Launch: The Political Imagination by Nayantara Sahgal and Out of Line: A Literary and Political Biography of Nayantara Sahgal by Ritu Menon Speakers: Nayantara Sahgal and Ritu Menon Moderator: Aamer Hussein
Sindh Sagar aur Qayam-e-Pakistan: In Conversation with Hamida Khuhro Moderator: Aitzaz Ahsan
Making A Better Pakistan—Screenings of Short Films by Faryal Malik, Alizeh Kohari, Azhar Shan, and Ayoub Mallah followed by Award Ceremony Speakers: Sabeen Mahmud and Khalid Mahmood Moderator: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Iran—A Story of Emperors and Kings A Presentation by Iftikhar Salahuddin Moderator: Khalid Mir
Dialogue of Rhythm and Movement: In Conversation with Nighat Chaodhry Moderator: Shayma Saiyid
Storytelling by Amra Alam
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
PTV aur Aaj ka Drama Speakers: Samina Ahmed, Aamina Sheikh, Sajid Hasan, Sania Saeed, Samira Fazal, Haseena Moin, and Neelofar Abbasi Moderator: Raju Jamil
A Traveller’s Tales: Lahore say Yarkent tak with Mustansar Hussain Tarar Speaker: Mustansar Hussain Tarar Moderator: Asghar Nadeem Syed
Vitality and Violence: The Chaos that is Karachi followed by Book Launch: Karachi: The Land Issue by Arif Hasan et. al Speakers: Nasreen Askari, Maniza Naqvi, Rumana Husain, and Arif Hasan Moderator: Kamran Asdar Ali
Book Launch: Qurratulain Hyder’s Andaz-e-Bayan Aur Edited by Jameel Akhtar Speakers: Azra Abbas and Ameena Saiyid Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Sab Lal o Gohar: In Conversation with Fahmida Riaz and Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Fahmida Riaz compiled by Asif Farrukhi Speakers: Harris Khalique, Fahmida Riaz and Asif Farrukhi Moderator: Mujahid Barelvi
Dosti Kitabon Sey by Khaled Anam
Book Launch: Nau Lakhi Kothi by Ali Akbar Natiq Speaker: Ali Akbar Natiq Moderator: Mohammed Hanif
Princess
Meray bhi hain Kuch Khwab: In Conversation with A. Sean Pue and Book Launch: I Too Have Some Dreams: N.M. Rashed and Modernism in Urdu Poetry by A. Sean Pue Speakers: Asif Farrukhi and A. Sean Pue Moderator: Sarah Humayun
Sunflower
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Sunflower
The English Language Literatures of South Asia: Do They Interact with Each Other? Speakers: Sadaf Saaz Siddiqui, H.M. Naqvi, and Ritu Menon Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie
The Constitutional Right to Education: From Access to Quality Learning for All Speakers: Mosharraf Zaidi, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Ishrat Husain, Zobaida Jalal, Sabrina Dawood, and Ameena Saiyid Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil
In a Time of Tragedy Book Launch: A Season for Martyrs by Bina Shah Speaker: Bina Shah Moderator: Victoria Schofield
Mental Health in a Troubled City Speakers: Ayesha Mian, Naeem Sadiq, Haroon Ahmed, and Saadia Quraishy Moderator: Murad Moosa Khan
Creative Movement for Children with Nighat Chaodhry
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Looking into the Corridors of Power: In Conversation with Syeda Abida Hussain and Book Launch: Power Failure: The Political Odyssey of a Pakistani Woman Speaker: Syeda Abida Hussain Moderators: Irshad Abdul Kadir and Hamida Khuhro
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
BREAK
2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Transaction or Transformation in Film and TV Speakers: Ali Saleem, Sanjay Iyer, and Mira Sethi Moderator: Omayr Aziz Saiyid
A Dramatic Presentation of the Stories of Manto and Intizar Husain by Feryal Ali-Gauhar Chair: Intizar Husain Moderator: Asghar Nadeem Syed
Gul Chandni: In Conversation with Zehra Nigah Moderator: Masood Ashar
Mirror of the Mind: In Conversation with Aamer Hussein Moderator: Bilal Tanweer
Book Launch: Kitab-e-Muntashir: Ye Natamam si Eik Zindagi jo Guzri hay by Musadiq Sanwal Speakers: Mohammed Hanif and Wusat Ullah Khan Moderator: Hasan Zaidi
Storytelling by Khursheed Hyder
3.45 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.
The Complete Performer: In Conversation with Bushra Ansari Moderator: Nimra Bucha
Purani Kahaniyaan, Nayi Dunia: 32 Tales of the Thrones Speakers: Intizar Husain, Arshia Sattar, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, and Masood Ashar Moderator: Kishwar Naheed
Atam Katha: In Conversation with Amar Jaleel Moderator: Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Can ‘Creative Pakistan’ undo ‘Unstable Pakistan’? Speakers: Jude Kelly and Sherry Rehman Moderator: Peter Upton
Book Launch: London, Sydney, Tokyo by Mujahid Barelvi Speaker: Mujahid Barelvi Moderator: Rumana Husain
Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Zahida Khatoon Sherwaniya Compiled by Fatema Hasan Speaker: Fatema Hasan Moderator: Fahmida Riaz
Kal kay Angaray Book Launch: A Rebel and her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan by Rakhshanda Jalil Speakers: Ritu Menon, Kamran Asdar Ali, and Zaheda Hina Moderator: Kausar S. Khan
Book Launch: Educational Crisis and Reform: Perspectives from South Asia by Abbas Rashid and Irfan Muzaffar Speakers: Abbas Rashid and Sajid Ali Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Main Garden
Jasmine Dastaangoi: Tilism e Hoshruba and Remembering Deputy Nazeer Ahmed Performers: Fawad Khan and Nazarul Hasan of NAPA
Aquarius The Legacy of Scheherazade: Women and Fiction Speakers: Shandana Minhas, Reshma K. Barshikar, and Mira Sethi Moderator: Framji Minwalla
5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Serial aur Soap: Rung Badaltay Dramay Speakers: Neelofar Abbasi, Sahira Kazmi, Rashid Sami, Khaled Anam, and Shanaz Ramzi Moderator: Hina Khwaja Bayat
6.15 p.m. – 7.15 p.m.
Closing Ceremony: Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi Readings by Zia Mohyeddin
7.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Performance by Nighat Chaodhry
8.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.
Popular Classics: The Raag-based Love Songs of Pakistan by Ali Sethi
Room 007
Princess
Char Janam ki Katha: In Conversation with Satyapal Anand Speakers: Fatema Hassan and Satyapal Anand Moderator: Harris Khalique
A Celebration of Literature and Art Festivals Speakers: Sadaf Saaz, Razi Ahmed, Karthika V.K., Ameena Saiyid, Jude Kelly, and Ulrich Schreiber Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Sunflower
In Support of
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