[Reader-list] Karachi Literary Festival March 20 & 21

[yasir ~يا سر]

  *Friday 19 March: Soft Launch, 7:00 pm onwards at the British Council
Antrium Garden*

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*FESTIVAL VENUE: CARLTON HOTEL KARACHI*







*SATURDAY 20 MARCH*

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*10am-11 am*

*LAWN*

Formal Inauguration
                                                                  *Speakers:
*Mashhood Rizvi, Asif Farrukhi, Ameena Saiyid, Anita Ghulam Ali

*11am-12 Noon*

*MAHARANI*

*Transplanted Flowers

   *Readings
and in Conversation with Aamer Hussein
                   *Moderator: *Muneeza Shamsie

*MAHARAJA*

Readings and in Conversation with Kishwar Naheed
*Moderator: *Durdana Soomro

*11am - 1pm*

*SAHR 1*

Workshop on Creative Writing conducted by Zulfikhar Ghose and Adrian Hussain


*12 Noon - 1pm*

*MAHARAJA*

Panel Discussion
*Literature from Pakistan: Old, New and Across Languages *
*Moderator:* Asif Farrukhi
                                 *Panelists*: Kishwar Naheed, Aamer Hussein,
Masood Ashar, Intizar Hussain

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Bapsi Sidhwa
*Moderator:* Ishrat Lindblad

*1pm - 2pm*

*LUNCH AT SILVIS RESTAURANT*

*2pm - 3pm*

*MAHARAJA*

Book Launches

*50 Poems and Selected Essays* by Zulfikhar Ghose

*Home Boy* by Husain Naqvi

*Moderators*: Amberina Kazi, Ishrat Lindblad

*MAHARANI*

Literature and Humour. Sarfraz Manzoor
*Moderator: *Asif Noorani

*3pm – 4pm*

*MAHARAJA*

Panel Discussion on *Literature and Activism**
                                     Panelists*: Mohammad Hanif, Mohsin
Hamid, Fahmida Riaz, Arfa Syeda Zehra            *Moderator*: Sunil Sethi

*MAHARANI*

Book Launches

*Zakhm Ka Nishan *by Susan Abulhawa translated by Masood Ashar


*Shadianey *by Naguib Mehfouz translated by Fehmida Riaz

*Moderators*: Obaid Siddiqui, Ghazi Salahuddin

*4pm - 5pm*

*MAHARAJA*


Talk by Shams ur Rehman Farooqi
*“Urdu ki Majmooi Sooretehaal” *
*Moderator*: Iftikhar Arif

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Zulfikhar Ghose
                                                                  *Moderator
*: Ishrat Lindblad

*5pm - 6pm*

*MAHARANI*

*Music and Literature in Pakistan*
In Conversation, Reading, and Singing of Faiz's  Poetry: Ali Sethi
*Moderator*: Raza Rumi**

*5pm - 7pm*

*SCILINAS*

Urdu Poetry Reading (Mushaira)
            *Conductor:* Fatima Hassan
*Participants*: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Iftikhar Arif, Zehra Nigah, Fahmida
Riaz, Kishwar Naheed, Saher Ansari, Anwar Shaoor, Shahida Hassan, Harris
Khalique, Ajmal Siraj, Imdad Hussaini, Kashif Hussain Ghayar

*6pm - 7pm*

*MAHARANI*

In Conversation with Maniza Naqvi,  Sehba Sarwar, and Husain Naqvi
     *Moderator*: Ayesha Tammy Haq

*9pm onwards*

*EVENING PROGRAMME - VENUE: ARTS COUNCIL KARACHI*

*SUNDAY 21 MARCH*

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*10am-11 am*

*MAHARANI*

A tribute to Quratulain Haider

Intizar Husain
                                                                *Panelists*:
Fahmida Riaz, Aamer Hussain
*Moderator*: Raza Rumi

*SAHR 1, MAHARAJA, BOARD ROOM 1/ BANQUET OFFICE*

Reading and story telling sessions for children and families
                            *Authors/ Story-tellers*: Saman Shamsie, Zara
Mumtaz, Musharraf Ali Farooqi
*Moderators: *Raheela Baqai/ Nida Dossa/ Seema Khan

*11am-12 Noon*

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Mohammed Hanif
*Moderator*: Sadia Shepard

*SCILINAS*

Launch of *Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories*
Followed by discussion on the world of Urdu short stories

Intizar Hussain to launch
*Speakers*: Hassan Manzar, Asad Mohammad Khan, Aamer Hussein
            *Moderator*: Asif Farrukhi

*12 Noon - 1pm*

*MAHARANI*

>From Manuscript to Bestseller:
An interactive session with Ameena Saiyid, Asif Noorani, Chiki Sarkar
*Moderator: *Ameena Saiyid

*MAHARAJA*

Panel Discussion on *Sufism and Literature
**Panelists*: Sadia Shepard, Samina Quraeshi, Sadia Dehlvi

*Moderator: *Raza Rumi

*1pm - 2pm*

*LUNCH AT SILVIS RESTAURANT*

*2pm - 3pm*

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Book Launch

*Look at the City from here: Karachi Writings
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by Asif Farrukhi
Anita Ghulam Ali to launch
*Moderator:* Obaid Siddiqui
*Writers*: Amar Jaleel, Hasan Manzar, Fahmida Riaz, Harris Khalique

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Iftikhar Arif
*Moderator: *Ghazi Salahuddin

*3pm – 4pm*

*MAHARAJA*

Panel Discussion
*Literature in Translation *
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi                       *

Panelists:* Fahmida Riaz/ Durdana Soomro
*Moderator: *Musharraf Ali Farooqi

*MAHARANI*

*(TITLE TO BE DECIDED)*
                                                    Intizar Hussain
Asad Mohammad Khan

*Moderator*: Harris Khalique**

*4pm - 5pm*

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Mohsin Hamid
                                              *Moderator*: Sunil Sethi

*MAHARAJA*

Readings and in Conversation with Fahmida Riaz
*Moderator: *Raza Rumi

*5pm - 6pm*

*SCILINAZ*

Eqbal Ahmed: A Socially Committed Intellectual Speakers Fahmida Riaz and
Wasif Rizvi
                                    *Moderator:* Zohra Yusuf

*MAHARANI*

Panel Discussion
*Contemporary South Asian English Literature: Its role and challenges
today
**Panelists: *Mohammad Hanif, Sarfaraz Manzoor, Mohsin Hamid, Sadia
Shepard

   *Moderator:
*Muneeza Shamsie


*6pm - 7pm*

*MAHARANI*

Readings and in Conversation with Victoria Schofield
*Moderator: *Ayesha Tammy Haq

*MAHARAJA*

Readings and in Conversation with Zehra Nigah,
*Moderator: *Dr Fatima Hasan

*9pm onwards*

*Play by Tehrik-e-Niswan (Sheema Kirmani and group), Venue: Arts Council
Karachi*