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Co-sponsors:

5, 6, and 7 February 2016Timings: 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.

Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi

Bringing together international and Pakistani writers to promote reading and showcase writing at its best

karachiliteraturefestival.org Entry is free and open to all.

#KhiLF

The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) has been a resounding success since its launch in March 2010. 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 Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) launched in 2013, the Teachers’ Literature Festival (TLF) launched in 2014, and many others in Pakistan. This momentum reflects the depth of our historical literary and cultural roots, and the great desire in Pakistan to celebrate the pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and creativity.

The KLF and ILF are directed by Ameena Saiyid, founded by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, and produced by Oxford University Press. The first of a kind in Pakistan, they are open to all and free, and bring together authors writing in diverse

languages and genres. They feature debates, discussions, lectures, English and Urdu mushaira, a book fair, book launches, readings, signings, comedy, satire, theatre, film screenings, music, and dance. Since 2014, the KLF and ILF have featured parallel art programming, curated by ArtNow. Additionally, the KLF has featured parallel children’s programming such as storytelling, puppetry, painting, singing, and creative movement.

KLF attendance has grown exponentially: 5,000 in 2010; 10,000 in 2011; 15,000 in 2012; 50,000 in 2013; 70,000 in 2014; and 125,000 last year. In 2010, there were 35 speakers/performers, 104 in 2011; 139 in 2012; and, since 2013, the KLF has featured more than 200 speakers/performers each year.

Each year, the speakers/participants have been outstanding, including, but not limited to, these keynote speakers: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2010); Karen Armstrong (2011); William Dalrymple (2012); Intizar Husain and Nadeem Aslam (KLF 2013); Intizar Husain, Kamila Shamsie, and Zia Mohyeddin (ILF 2013); Kamila Shamsie, Rajmohan Gandhi, and Raza Ali Abidi (KLF 2014); Aamer Hussein, Kishwar Naheed, Muneeza Shamsie, and Zehra Nigah (ILF 2014); Nayantara Sahgal and Zehra Nigah (KLF 2015); Anatol Lieven, Ataul Haq Qasmi, Paul Harding, and Zehra Nigah (ILF 2015). This year’s keynote addresses will be delivered by Fahmida Riaz, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Rakhshanda Jalil, and Ziauddin Sardar.

Four literary prizes will be 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. The KLF Peace Prize 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 Pakistani-origin 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. The KLF Urdu Fiction/Non-Fiction Prize is awarded to a poetry or prose book originally written in Urdu, published anywhere worldwide (or self-published) before December 2015, by a Pakistani or Pakistan-origin author living anywhere worldwide.

See you at Beach Luxury on 5, 6, and 7 February! Don’t register in advance: just turn up! And mark your calendars for ILF on 15, 16, 17 April 2016 at the Lok Virsa Museum.

AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS

Aaron MulvanyAasim Sajjad AkhtarAdeela SulemanAfzaal AhmadAfzal Ahmed SyedAijaz MangiAisha KhalidAjmal SirajAli Akbar NatiqAli HabibAli KhanAli Nobil AhmadAli SafinaAli Usman QasmiAliya Iqbal NaqviAlok BhallaAmar JaleelAmar NaseerAmar PirzadaAmar SindhuAmbareen Haseeb AmberAmean J.Ameena SaiyidAmra AliAnas RiasatAndrea BerriniAneesuddin AhmedAnis HaroonAnupam KherAnwaar AhmadAnwar MasoodAnwar ShaoorAqeel Abbas JafriAquila IsmailArfa Sayeda ZehraArif MahmoodArshad FaruqiArshad MahmudAsghar Nadeem SyedAshok ChopraAsif FarrukhiAsif NooraniAsif SinanAsma IbrahimAttiya Dawood

Ayla RazaAziz SohailAzra AbbasBabar AyazBaela Raza JamilBarbara D. MetcalfBarbara Toye-WelshBari MianBarkha DuttBilal HamidBina SarkarBina ShahBindiya RanaBrigitta BlahaCamilla Hadi ChaudharyChaudhry Faisal MushtaqChristoph PetersDaniel MatternDeborah RobinsonEhsan MasoodEjaz AhedEmaan RanaEmmanuelle CollasF. S. AijazuddinFahmida RiazFaraz Maqsood HamidiFarhan BokhariFarida FaizullahFarzana FirozFasih Ahmed Fatema HassanFawzia NaqviFazal RizviFazlullah PechuhoFeryal Ali-GauharFouzia SaeedFramji MinwallaFrieha AltafGhazi SalahuddinH. M. NaqviHaajra HaiderHafeez JamaliHarris KhaliqueHasan ZaidiHaseeb Asif

Haseena MoinHina Rabbani KharHoori NooraniImdad HussainiImran QureshiInaam NadeemIntizar HusainIrfan JavedIshrat HusainJamsheed MarkerJavaid AhmedJean-Luc RacineJohn O’BrienKamal KhanKamila ShamsieKashif Hussain GhayarKasim KasuriKausar S. KhanKhawar MumtazKhurshid Mahmud KasuriKhwaja Razi HaiderKiran AmanKishwar NaheedLaxmi Narayan TripathiMahmood AyubMahreen ZuberiMahtab Akbar RashdiMalahat AwanMaliha NooraniMalika AbbasManiza Naqvi Mansoora HassanMarjorie HusainMasood AsharMasood LoharMasuma HasanMehjabeen Abidi-HabibMehr TararMehtab S. KarimMirza WaheedMoeen FaruqiMohammed HanifMubashir Ali ZaidiMuhammad Athar MasoodMujahid Barelvi

• Author Signings• Book Fair

• Food Court• Media Rooms

Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival:

Muneeza ShamsieMusharaf HaiMustafa ArbabMustansar Hussain TararNadeem F. ParachaNaila MahmoodNaima DadabhoyNajmuddin ShaikhNandita DasNasir Abbas NayyarNauman NaqviNaz IkramullahNazish BrohiNeelofar AbbasiNiilofur FarrukhNimra BuchaNisar Ahmad KhuhroNoor ul Huda ShahNoor ZaheerNurayah Sheikh NabiOlivier TrucOmayr Aziz SaiyidOmran ShafiqueOsman Khalid WaheedPervez HoodbhoyPirzada QasimQuddus MirzaQudsia RahimRabia GaribRafeeq ElliasRafique KathwariRakhshanda Jalil Reema AbbasiRiffat AlviRina Saeed KhanRoohi AhmedRuchira GuptaSaad HaroonSaad IrfanSaba KhanSabiana Paoli

Sabir ZafarSadaf MalatereSadia MahmoodSadia Shepard Sadiah PalSadiqa SalahuddinSahar AnsariSahar Imdad HussainiSaif MahmoodSaira SheikhSalman KhurshidSalman SarwatSalman Tarik KureshiSameera RajaSanam SaeedSania SaeedSanjay RajouraSara HaiderSarmad KhoosatSeema NusratSehba SarwarShah Muhammad PirzadaShaheen Attiq-ur-RahmanShahid NadeemShahida HassanShahnaz Wazir AliShahram AzharShakeel AdilzadaShakil RizviShanaz RamziSharif AwanSharmeen Obaid ChinoySharmila Farooqi Shayma SaiyidShireen HarounSibtain NaqviSono KhangharaniSonya BatlaStefano PontecorvoSteffen KopetzkyStuart Schaar

Suleman Aqeel KhiljiSumbul KhanSyed Jaffar AhmedSyed Nomanul HaqSyed Nusrat AliSyed Salim RazaSyed Turab HussainTahera HasanTahira SyedTaimur Khan MumtazTalat HashimiTalea ZafarTalha MuftiTalib Syed KarimTanveer AhmedTanveer AnjumTapu JaveriTauqeer MuhajirTehmina AhmedTipu SharifUzma Aslam KhanVaqar AhmedVidya ShahWajahat HusainWajahat MasoodWasif RizviWusatullah KhanYaqoob Khan BangashYasmeen LariZaheda HinaZarmeene ShahZeeshan MuhammedZehra NigahZiauddin SardarZoe ViccajiZohaib KaziZubair AhmedZubeida MustafaZulfiqar Adil

Inauguration of the7th Karachi Literature Festival/Jashn-e-Adab

10.00 a.m. Friday 5 February 2016Main Garden, Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi

10.00 a.m. Arrival of Guests Performance by Asif Sinan

10.30 a.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

Speeches by Festival Sponsors

11.16 a.m. Performance by Chao’s Dance and Theatre Performance by Amna Mawaz Khan

11.35 a.m. Awards of the KLF Best Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Urdu Fiction/Non-Fiction Books

12.05 p.m. Keynote Speeches by: Pervez Hoodbhoy Fahmida Riaz

1.00 p.m. Break

Friday, 5 February 2016

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Tulip/Red Terrace

2.30 p.m.–3.30 p.m. The Dilemmas of the TransgenderArfa Sayeda Zehra in conversation with Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, author of Me Laxmi, Me Hijra

Education and Reading: Community and Parental InvolvementNisar Ahmad Khuhro, Fazlullah Pechuho, Baela Raza Jamil, Ameena Saiyid, Barbara Toye-Welsh, and Shahnaz Wazir AliModerator: Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman

Chap Tilak: Amir Khusro’s Harvest of Folk Songs Saif Mahmood, Talat Hashimi, Zaheda Hina, Zehra Nigah, and Taimur Khan MumtazModerator: Kausar S. Khan

Book Launch: In Another Country by Rafique KathwariModerator: Salman Tarik Kureshi

Book Launch: Leaves from Lahore by Mehr TararModerator: Syed Nusrat Ali

Making an ArtistNurayah Sheikh Nabi, Zarmeene Shah, and Mahreen ZuberiModerator: Saira Sheikh

3.45 p.m.–4.45 p.m. No Borders between PerformersSarmad Khoosat in conversation with Nandita Das

Book Launch: Cinema and Society: Film and Social Change in Pakistan by Ali Khan and Ali Nobil Ahmad Ali Khan, Ali Nobil Ahmad, and Hasan ZaidiModerator: Asif Noorani

Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Munir Niazi and the Urdu Virsa seriesFahmida Riaz, Asghar Nadeem Syed, and Fatema HassanModerator: Mujahid Barelvi

How Publishers Bring out the Best Andrea Berrini, Ameena Saiyid, Afzaal Ahmad, and Ashok ChopraModerator: Hoori Noorani

The Art of WritingAmra Ali, Marjorie Husain, H.M. Naqvi, Quddus Mirza, and Tauqeer MuhajirModerator: Maliha Noorani

5.00 p.m.–6.00 p.m. Abhi to Main Jawan Hoon: A Tribute to Malika PukhrajTahira Syed and Arshad MahmudModerator: Ayla Raza

Jilawatan sey Jungle tak: Short Stories and TV DramasAsif Farrukhi in conversation with Noor ul Huda Shah

Book Launch: Cover Point: Impressions of Leadership in Pakistan by Jamsheed MarkerJamsheed Marker and Ishrat HussainModerator: Aneesuddin Ahmed

Fiction, Memory, and ColonialismH.M. Naqvi, Sadia Shepard, Kamila Shamsie, and Christoph PetersModerator: Framji Minwalla

Arte d’ItaliaQuddus Mirza in conversation with Sabiana Paoli

6.15 p.m.–7.15 p.m. Desi Stand-up ComedySanjay Rajoura

Book Launch: Train to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghBarbara D. Metcalf, Alok Bhalla, Maniza Naqvi, and Naz IkramullahModerator: Babar Ayaz

Abad KharabaHarris Khalique and Asghar Nadeem Syed in conversation with Kishwar Naheed

Italy Reads Pakistan: Award by Metropoli d’Asia and Consulate of Italy in KarachiStefano Pontecorvo, Andrea Berrini, and H.M. NaqviModerator: Bina Shah

Art as Part of Public Engagement: Lahore Biennale FoundationNaima Dadabhoy, Fawzia Naqvi, Qudsia Rahim, Roohi Ahmed, and Osman Khalid WaheedModerator: Amra Ali

7.30 p.m.–9.30 p.m. Musical Evening by Vidya Shah and Zoe Viccaji

Saturday, 6 February 2016

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Princess Tulip/Red Terrace

10.00 a.m.–11.00 a.m. Rumi: Mystic and PoetFahmida Riaz, Amar Sindhu, and Bari MianModerator: Syed Nomanul Haq

Book Launch: Globalisation, Governance and Growth by Ishrat HusainSyed Salim Raza and Ishrat HusainModerator: Vaqar Ahmed

Column say Urdu Bloggers takWusatullah Khan, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Masood Ashar, Zaheda Hina, Amar Jaleel, and Mubashir Ali ZaidiModerator: Wajahat Masood

Book Launch: Borderlines by Sehba Sarwar Sehba Sarwar, Tehmina Ahmed, and Naila MahmoodModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin

Using Technology to Deliver Quality EducationKasim Kasuri and Talea ZafarModerator: Rabia Garib

Poetry in Art, Art in PoetryKiran Aman, Sonya Batla, Asif Noorani, and Bina SarkarModerator: Faraz Maqsood Hamidi

11.15 a.m.–12.15 p.m. Samjhotay ki ChadarRakhshanda Jalil in conversation with Zehra Nigah

Book Launch: This Unquiet Land by Barkha DuttGhazi Salahuddin in conversation with Barkha Dutt

Writing HistoryNauman Naqvi in conversation with Barbara D. Metcalf

Tharparkar: Desert WoesSono Khangharani, Tanveer Ahmed, and Masood LoharModerator: Sadiqa Salahuddin

Fostering Innovation and Creativity through Protection of Intellectual PropertyAmar Naseer, Ameena Saiyid, and Babar AyazModerator: Syed Nusrat Ali

Photography in the Age of ArtRafeeq Ellias, Amean J., Tapu Javeri, Arif Mahmood, and Emaan RanaModerator: Tehmina Ahmed

12.30 p.m.–1.30 p.m. From Life to ReelNandita Das, Asif Noorani, Anupam Kher, Shahid Nadeem, and Nimra BuchaModerator: Hasan Zaidi

Transgender Rights: Are there Any?Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Khawar Mumtaz, Bindiya Rana, and Reema AbbasiModerator: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Agay Samandar Hay In conversation with Intizar HusainRakhshanda Jalil, Alok Bhalla, and Masood AsharModerator: Asif Farrukhi

Announcement of the KLF Peace Prize Winner

Our History, Our Heritage, Our ResponsibilityAsma Ibrahim and Yasmeen Lari

1.45 p.m.–2.45 p.m. Safar aur KahaniAsghar Nadeem Syed in conversation with Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Mother Tongue: Medium of Instruction and LearningChaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Farzana, Zubeida Mustafa, and Barbara Toye-WelshModerator: Baela Raza Jamil

Laughter, the Best MedicineSaad Haroon and Sanjay Rajoura Moderator: Nadeem F. Paracha

Diversity and DissentHafeez Jamali in conversation with Ziauddin Sardar

Nayee Awazain (New Voices in Urdu Writing)Ali Akbar Natiq, Mustafa Arbab, and Inaam Nadeem Moderator: Tanveer Anjum

Sibtain Manzil: A Conversation between Three GenerationsSyed Sultan Ahmed Naqvi and Sibtain Naqvi

Saturday, 6 February 2016

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Tulip/Red Terrace

3.00 p.m.–4.00 p.m. Pakistani Cinema Strikes BackNimra Bucha, Sania Saeed, and Tipu SharifModerator: Shanaz Ramzi

Words and Images of the DayOlivier Truc, Barkha Dutt, Farhan Bokhari, and Fasih AhmedModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin

Sarkari Urdu, Awami Urdu: The Official Status of UrduArfa Sayeda Zehra, Masood Ashar, and Nasir Abbas NayyarModerator: Fatema Hassan

Book Launch: Eqbal Ahmad: Critical Outsider and Witness in a Turbulent Age by Stuart SchaarStuart Schaar and Pervez HoodbhoyModerator: Nauman Naqvi

Locating Art Saba Khan, Quddus Mirza, Seema Nusrat, Adeela Suleman, Zeeshan Muhammed, and Suleman Aqeel KhiljiModerator: Sumbul Khan

4.15 p.m.–5.15 p.m. The Oscar Lady Omayr Aziz Saiyid in conversation with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy including clips of her films

Of Love in a Place of WarMohammed Hanif in conversation with Mirza Waheed

Book Launch: The Resourceful Fakirs by F. S. AijazuddinSyed Jaffar Ahmed in conversation with F.S. Aijazuddin

Book Launch: The Other Side of the Mountain by Salman KhurshidGhazi Salahuddin in conversation with Salman Khurshid

What’s Liberal about the Liberal ArtsAaron Mulvany, Barbara D. Metcalf, and Aliya Iqbal NaqviModerator: Framji Minwalla

Different Strokes Brigitta Blaha, Mansoora Hassan, and Naz IkramullahModerator: Sameera Raja

5.30 p.m.–6.30 p.m. Aik Sham Anwar Masood kay Naam Book Launch: Risk by Steffen KopetzkyMohammed Hanif in conversation with Steffen Kopetzky

Busting Myths:What is Versus What We are ToldPervez Hoodbhoy and Nadeem F. ParachaModerator: Yaqoob Khan Bangash

Ismail ka Urdu Sheher Sara Haider, Saad Irfan, Zohaib Kazi, Kamal Khan, Anas Riasat, Omran Shafique, and Zoe ViccajiModerator: Ali Safina

6.45 p.m.–8.45 p.m. 6.45 p.m.–9.15 p.m.Manto, the Movie: Screening followed by Q&A Sarmad Khoosat, Nimra Bucha, Sania Saeed, Talha Mufti, and Shahid Nadeem

Mushaira:Anwar Shaoor, Kishwar Naheed, Sahar Ansari, Imdad Hussaini, Pirzada Qasim, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Sabir Zafar, Sahar Imdad Hussaini, Fatema Hassan, Shahida Hassan, Khwaja Razi Haider, Tanveer Anjum, Attiya Dawood, Ajmal Siraj, Harris Khalique, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Inaam Nadeem, Kashif Hussain Ghayar, Zulfiqar Adil, and Salman SarwatNizamat: Ambareen Haseeb Amber

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Tulip/Red Terrace

10.00 a.m.–11.00 a.m. Kashmir: The Never-ending ConflictMirza Waheed, Barkha Dutt, Jean-Luc Racine, and Rafique KathwariModerator: Farhan Bokhari

Towards a Better Pakistan—Screenings of Short Films followed by Award CeremonyModerator: Pervez Hoodbhoy

Facing Wrongs and Seeking Rights: The Female PerspectiveRuchira Gupta, Fouzia Saeed, and Feryal Ali-Gauhar, Moderator: Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman

Pakistan: Modernity and Postcoloniality Nauman Naqvi and Shahram AzharModerator: Hafeez Jamali

Documentaries WorkshopRafeeq Ellias

11.15 a.m.–12.15 p.m. Love, Longing, and ExileShah Muhammad Pirzada in conversation with Amar Jaleel

South Asian English Fiction: Where Mythology and History MeetUzma Aslam Khan, Kamila Shamsie, Bina Shah, and Mirza WaheedModerator: Muneeza Shamsie

Emigres and Exile: A Tribute to Abdullah HussainH. M. Naqvi, Masood Ashar, Irfan Javed, Afzaal Ahmad, and Mustansar Hussain TararChair: Intizar HusainModerator: Asif Farrukhi

Book Launch: Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadeed by Nasir Abbas NayyarAqeel Abbas Jafri in conversation with Nasir Abbas Nayyar

Book Launch: A Princely Affair: Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947–1955 by Yaqoob Khan BangashYaqoob Khan Bangash and Barbara D. Metcalf Moderator: Hafeez Jamali

Art as Witness to Memory and Erasure: Karachi Biennale 2017Camilla Hadi Chaudhary, Niilofur Farrukh, and Asma IbrahimModerator: Aquila Ismail

12.30 p.m.–1.30 p.m. UBL Literary Excellence AwardsIntizar Husain, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Anwaar Ahmad, Kishwar Naheed, Ghazi Salahuddin, Asif Farrukhi, Framji Minwalla, and Wajahat HusainModerator: Ali Habib

The White Stripe on the National FlagShaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman, Olivier Truc, Reema Abbasi, Sono Khangharani, and John O’BrienModerator: Nazish Brohi

Stories from the Heart, Reflections of Young Leaders

Book Launch: Candles in the Dark: Successful Organizations in Pakistan’s Weak Institutional Environment by Mahmood Ayub and Turab HussainJavaid Ahmed, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Mahmood Ayub, and Syed Turab HussainModerator: Sibtain Naqvi

Chughtai RevisitedInam Khawaja in conversation with Quddus Mirza

1.45 p.m.–2.45 p.m. Book Launch by Lifebuoy: 28 DaysTapu Javeri, Arif Mahmood, Malika Abbas, Tahera Hasan, Sadiah Pal, and Shakil RizviModerator: Sanam Saeed

Aid, Trade, and Inter-State RelationsSyed Salim Raza, Najmuddin Shaikh, and Masuma Hasan Moderator: Vaqar Ahmed

Book Launch: Kab Mehkey gi Fassal e Gul by Anis HaroonAnis Haroon, Amar Sindhu, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, and Azra AbbasModerator: Mahtab Akbar Rashdi

Book Launch: The Editorials of Anwer Pirzado (Musharaf Era) by Anwer PirzadoAijaz Mangi and Mahtab Akbar RashdiModerator: Amar Pirzada

Poets’ Corner: English MushairaShireen Haroun, Moeen Faruqi, Farida Faizullah, Rafique Kathwari, Harris Khalique, and Bilal HamidModerator: Salman Tarik Kureshi

Beyond BordersHaajra Haider, Deborah Robinson, and Fazal RizviModerator: Aziz Sohail

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Princess Tulip/Red Terrace

3.00 p.m.–4.00 p.m. Book Launch: Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider’s Account of Pakistan’s Foreign Relations Including Details of the Kashmir Framework by Khurshid Mahmud KasuriBarkha Dutt, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Ishrat Husain, and Najmuddin ShaikhModerator: F.S. Aijazuddin

River of Flesh and Other Stories: The Prostituted Woman in Indian Short Fiction and As if Women Matter: The Essential Gloria Steinem Reader Shayma Saiyid in conversation with the anthologies’ editor, Ruchira Gupta

Idhar Urdu, Udhar Urdu, Kidher Urdu?: Urdu in India and Pakistan Saif Mahmood and Arfa Sayeda ZehraModerator: Bari Mian

Book Launch: Water in the Wilderness by Mehjabeen Abidi-Habib, Rina Saeed Khan, and Richard GarstangAaron Mulvany, Mehjabeen Abidi-Habib, and Rina Saeed KhanModerators: Sono Khanghrani and Masood Lohar

Screening of Documentary Film ‘Mast Qalandar’, directed by Till Passow, followed by Q&A

The Art of NowFawzia Naqvi in conversation with Aisha Khalid and Imran Qureshi

4.15 p.m.–5.15 p.m. Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai Ashok Chopra in conversation with Anupam Kher

Omayr Aziz Saiyid in conversation with Hina Rabbani Khar

Compressed Tales:Urdu Digests and Digest WritersShakeel Adilzada, Neelofar Abbasi, Haseena Moin, Haseeb Asif, Olivier Truc, Noor ul Huda Shah, and Mubashir Ali ZaidiModerator: Zaheda Hina

Revisiting the Iqbal–Dante QuestionAndrea Berrini and Syed Nomanul HaqModerator: Afzal Ahmed Syed

Islamic Science: The Chimera that Never WasZiauddin Sardar, Sadia Mahmood, Ali Usman Qasmi, and Rina Saeed KhanModerator: Ehsan Masood

Art and Alternate SpacesEjaz Ahed, Zubair Ahmed, Riffat Alvi, Musharaf Hai, and Sharmila Farooqi Moderator: Fawzia Naqvi

5.30 p.m.–6.30 p.m. What Keeps Us Apart?: India–Pakistan Relations Salman Khurshid, Jamsheed Marker, Hina Rabbani Khar, and Khurshid Mahmud KasuriModerator: F.S. Aijazuddin

Higher Learning or the Wholesaling of Degrees?Wasif Rizvi, Ishrat Husain, Talib Syed Karim, and Shahnaz Wazir AliModerator: Mehtab S. Karim

Book Launch: Kaghazi hay Pairahan by Ismat Chughtai translated by Noor Zaheer Khawar Mumtaz, Rakhshanda Jalil, Noor Zaheer, and Saif MahmoodModerator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Words and Music on the Page: 100 Years of Musical Literature PublishingArshad Mahmud, Muhammad Athar Masood, Vidya Shah, and Sharif AwanModerator: Malahat Awan

Meeting Points, Melting PotsFrieha Altaf, Sonya Batla, Arshad Faruqi, and Sadaf MalatereModerator: Zarmeene Shah

6.45 p.m.–7.45 p.m. Closing Ceremony:Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif FarrukhiKeynote Speeches by: Ziauddin Sardar and Rakhshanda Jalil

8.00 p.m.–9.00 p.m. Stand-up Comedy by Saad Haroon

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