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

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1 In Support of 6, 7, 8 February February: 5 to 9 p.m. 7 8 February: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi Bringing together international Pakistani writers to showcase writing at its best Entry is free open to all. Co-sponsors:

2 The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was launched in March 2010 has been a resounding success right from the start. Inspired by the first two KLFs ( ), the Children s Literature Festival (CLF) was launched at the end of The momentum begun in Pakistan with the KLF led not only to the CLF but also to the Lahore Islamabad Literature Festivals (LLF, ILF), both launched in 2013, the Teachers Literature Festival (TLF) which was launched in This momentum reflects the depth of our historical, literary, cultural roots, the great desire energy in Pakistan irrespective of the city in which the Festival is held to seek knowledge, understing, creative growth. The KLF ILF are directed by Ameena Saiyid, founded by Ameena Saiyid Asif Farrukhi, produced by Oxford University Press. The KLF, ILF, CLF, TLF are open to all free. The first of a kind in Pakistan, the KLF ILF bring together celebrate authors writing in diverse languages, genres, traditions. They feature debates, discussions, lectures, mushaira, a book fair, book launches, readings, signings, comedy, satire, theatre, music, children s sessions such as storytelling, puppetry, painting, singing, creative movement. Since 2014 the KLF 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 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; in 2013 we had around 129 sessions with over 200 speakers/performers (individuals 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, 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, the Embassy of Germany in Islamabad. It goes to a fiction or non-fiction book that promotes peace, tolerance, international understing, published anywhere worldwide in any language translated into English, 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 outsting, including, but not limited to, the following keynote speakers: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2010), Karen Armstrong (2011), William Dalrymple (2012), Nadeem Aslam Intizar Husain (2013), the Indian historian, Dr Rajmohan Ghi, grson of the Mahatma Ghi (2014). This year s keynote speakers are Indian author Nayantara Sahgal, niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, Zehra Nigah along with many other outsting speakers/participants. We hope to see you at the Beach Luxury Hotel on 6, 7, 8 February There s no need to register in advance: just turn up. AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS A. Sean Pue Asghar Nadeem Syed Aakar Patel Asif Farrukhi Aamer Hussein Asif Noorani Aamina Sheikh Asma Jahangir Abbas Rashid Attiya Dawood Abid Merchant Ayesha Mian Adeela Suleman Ayoub Mallah Afzaal Ahmad Azhar Shan Afzal Ahmed Syed Azra Abbas Agha Ghazanfar Babar Ayaz Aitzaz Ahsan Baela Raza Jamil Ajmal Siraj Benyamin Akhlaq Ansari Bilal Tanweer Alex Preston Bina Shah Ali Akbar Natiq Bushra Ansari Ali Saleem Christopher Merrill Ali Sethi David Waterman Alizeh Kohari Durriya Kazi Amar Jaleel Fahd Ali Ambareen Haseeb Amber Fahmida Riaz Amean J. Faryal Malik Ameena Saiyid Fatema Hassan Amin Gulgee Fawad Khan Amin Hashwani Fawzia Naqvi Amjad Islam Amjad Feryal Ali-Gauhar Amra Alam Framji Minwalla Amra Ali Frieha Altaf Andrea Backhaus Ghazi Salahuddin Anna Suvorova H.M. Naqvi Anwar Shaoor Hajra Haider Karrar Anwer Sen Roy Hamida Khuhro Aqeel Abbas Jafri Haroon Ahmed Arfa Sayeda Zehra Harris Khalique Arif Hasan Hasan Zaidi Arif Zaman Haseena Moin Arshad Khan Hina Khwaja Bayat Arshia Sattar Hussain Haroon I. A. Rehman Iftikhar Salahuddin Imdad Hussaini Inaam Nadeem Intizar Husain Irshad Abdul Kadir Ishrat Husain Jameel Yusuf Jamil Ahmed John Keay Jude Kelly Judith Ravin Jugnu Mohsin Jurgen Wasim Frembgen Kamila Shamsie Kamran Asdar Ali Karthika V.K. Kashif Hussain Ghayar Kausar S. Khan Kavery Nambisan Khaled Anam Khalid Mahmood Khalid Mir Khizar Humayun Ansari Khursheed Hyder Kishwar Naheed Madeline Amelia Clements Mahtab Akbar Rashdi Maniza Naqvi Manzoor Kohyar Marc Parent Marjorie Husain Masood Ashar Mazhar Zaidi Meenu Gaur Mira Sethi Mohammed Hanif

3 Mosharraf Zaidi Muhammad Ahmed Shah Muhammad Zeeshan Mujahid Barelvi Muneeza Shamsie Munizae Jahangir Murad Moosa Khan Mustansar Hussain Tarar Nadeem F. Paracha Naeem Sadiq Nafisa Rizvi Najam Sethi Nasreen Askari Nauman Naqvi Navid Shahzad Nayantara Sahgal Nazarul Hasan Neelofar Abbasi Nighat Chaodhry Nighat Mir Nimra Bucha Nomanul Haq Noorjehan Bilgrami Omayr Aziz Saiyid Osman Samiuddin Pervez Hoodbhoy Peter Upton Pierre-Alain BAUD Quddus Mirza Raju Jamil Rashid Rana Rashid Sami Razi Ahmed Reshma Krishnan Ritu Menon Rumana Husain Saadia Quraishy Sabeen Mahmud Sabir Zafar Sabrina Dawood Sadaf Malaterre Sadaf Saaz Sahar Ansari Sahar Imdad Sahar Shafqat Sahira Kazmi Saira Sheikh Sajid Ali Sajid Hasan Sajjad Ahmed Salima Ahmed Salman Sarwat Salman Tarik Kureshi Sameera Raja Samina Ahmed Samira Fazal Sania Saeed Sanjay Iyer Sarah Humayun Sarwat Zehra Satyapal An Seher Naveed Shah Muhammad Pirzada Shakil Saigol Shanaz Ramzi Shana Minhas Shaukat Abid Shayma Saiyid Sheema Kermani Sherry Rehman Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui Sonya Schonberger Sridala Swami Syed Nusrat Ali Syeda Abida Hussain Tahera Aftab Tanveer Anjum Tariq Alexer Qaiser Tisca Chopra Ulrich Schreiber Victoria Schofield Wusat Ullah Khan Yaminay Chaudhri Zafar Hilaly Zaheda Hina Zakia Sarwar Zarmeene Shah Zehra Nigah Zia Mohyeddin Zobaida Jalal Zohra Hussain Zulfiqar Adil 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, Founder/Director, Karachi Islamabad Literature Festivals, Co-Founder, Children s Literature Festival Asif Farrukhi, Founder, Karachi Islamabad Literature Festivals Speech by Ghazi Salahuddin, I am Karachi consortium member, journalist Speeches by Festival Sponsors 6.30 p.m. Awards of the KLF Best Fiction Non-Fiction Books 7.00 p.m. Keynote Speeches by: Nayantara Sahgal Zehra Nigah Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival: 8.00 p.m. Performance by Nighat Chaodhry Author Signings Media Rooms Book Fair Food Court Art Exhibition by ArtNow Poster Exhibition by HRCP

4 Saturday, 7 February a.m a.m. Politics Personalities of Pakistan: Najam Sethi Agha Ghazanfar Kitabi Chehre se Facebook tak: Reading in the Age of TV Social Media Haseena Moin, Amjad Islam Amjad, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Zaheda Hina, Neelofer Abbasi Syed Nusrat Ali He Sang to Our Souls: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Pierre Alain Baud Nomanul Haq Ali Sethi Where Worlds Collide: Pakistani Fiction in the New Millennium by David Waterman Muneeza Shamsie Framji Minwalla Koozah: Naye Likharion ki Kaawishon ka Intikhab Compiled by Zahra Sabri Maniza Naqvi Bilal Tanweer Harris Khalique Ballet in the Cane Fields: Vignettes from a Dominican Werlogue Omayr Aziz Saiyid Homage to the Artists Marjorie Husain, Amra Ali, Nighat Mir, Noorjehan Bilgrami Durriya Kazi The Art of Bookmaking Activities with Children Age Group: 5 to 12 years Presented by Oxford University Press a.m p.m. Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait by Anna Suvorova Zafar Hilaly, Hussain Haroon, Syeda Abida Hussain Victoria Schofield Can Local Cinema Travel Globally? Arshad Khan, Sanjay Iyer, Munizae Jahangir, Meenu Gaur, Tisca Chopra Mazhar Zaidi The World as the Author Sees it Aakar Patel, Benyamin, Mohammed Hanif, Alex Preston Sarah Humayun Fade Into Red by Reshma K. Barshikar Zakia Sarwar Arshia Sattar Baltistan: Apricot Bloom by Tariq Alexer Qaiser Iftikhar Salahuddin Working with the Printed Word Ritu Menon, Ameena Saiyid, Afzaal Ahmad, Marc Parent, Karthika V.K. Asif Noorani Rebel Angel: Asim Butt Nafisa Rizvi, Zarmeene Shah, Amean J. Sabeen Mahmud The Art of Bookmaking Activities with Children Continued p.m p.m. An Eloquent Truth: Jugnu Mohsin Sahira Kazmi The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket by Osman Samiuddin Murad Moosa Khan Nadeem F. Paracha Kamila Shamsie Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto by Aakar Patel Nauman Naqvi Kamran Asdar Ali Fahd Ali Sindhi Afsaana jo Saun Saal Imdad Hussaini, Manzoor Kohyar, Akhlaq Ansari Sahar Imdad Cultural Diplomacy Christopher Merrill Shayma Saiyid The Future of the Nation in Art Adeela Suleman, Hajra Haider Karrar, Saira Sheikh, Rashid Rana Quddus Mirza The Art of Bookmaking Activities with Children Continued 1.30 p.m p.m. BREAK

5 Saturday, 7 February p.m p.m. The Satirical Pen: Mohammed Hanif Navid Shahzad Compassionate Karachi Karen Armstrong (on Skype), Pervez Hoodbhoy, Jameel Yusuf, Ishrat Husain, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui Amin Hashwani Khayali Shakhs say Muqabala: Kishwar Naheed Intikhab-e-Kalam: Kishwar Naheed compiled by Asif Farrukhi Moderators: Muhammad Ahmed Shah Anwer Sen Roy Gender, Politics, Performance in South Asia compiled by Sheema Kermani, Asif Farrukhi, Kamran Asdar Ali Jamil Ahmed, Andrea Backhaus, Shayma Saiyid Rumana Husain Announcement of the KLF Peace Prize Winner Uncovering History: John Keay Nauman Naqvi Art the Market Sameera Raja, Zohra Hussain, Amin Gulgee, Abid Merchant Saira Sheikh Creative Movement for Children with Nighat Chaodhry 3.45 p.m p.m. Shayer e Awam: Habib Jalib Asma Jahangir Aitzaz Ahsan Mujahid Barelvi Crossing Genres: Transmuting Fiction into Drama Kamila Shamsie, Framji Minwalla, Arshia Sattar, Nimra Bucha Muneeza Shamsie Changing India: A Muslim Woman Speaks by Iqbalunnisa Hussain Tahera Aftab Salima Ahmed Arif Zaman Urdu Afsanay Intikhab: Syed Rafiq Hussain Intikhab: Naiyer Masood compiled by Asif Farrukhi Masood Ashar Intizar Husain Ghazi Salahuddin IOWA Silk Route Residency Programme Bina Shah, Shana Minhas, Sridala Swami, H. M. Naqvi, Kavery Nambisan Christopher Merrill Crossing Boundaries, Blurring Borders Quddus Mirza, Sadaf Malaterre, Frieha Altaf Zarmeene Shah Readings from Our Shaikh Sa di: A Selection from Gulistan Bustan The Simurgh the Birds: A Selection from Mantiq-ut-Tayr by Shaikh Farid ud-din Attar by Fahmida Riaz

6 Saturday, 7 February p.m p.m. Freedom s Niece: Nayantara Sahgal Salman Tarik Kureshi The Changing Face of Pakistani Politics I. A. Rehman, Asma Jahangir, Syeda Abida Hussain, Sahar Shafqat Mahtab Akbar Rashdi The Closed Valley: With Fierce Friends in the Pakistani Himalayas Wrestlers, Pigeon Fanciers, Kite Flyers: Traditional Sports Pastimes in Lahore by Jurgen Wasim Frembgen John Keay Asif Noorani The Emergence of Socialist Thought among North Indian Muslims ( ) by Khizar Humayun Ansari Babar Ayaz Nomanul Haq History the Histories of Art H. M. Naqvi, Durriya Kazi, Madeline Amelia Clements Seher Naveed Dosti Kitabon Sey by Khaled Anam 6.15 p.m p.m. 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, Salman Sarwat 8.30 p.m p.m. Presentation on Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders 9.00 p.m. Concert by Fuzon B

7 Sunday, 8 February a.m a.m. The Political Imagination by Nayantara Sahgal Out of Line: A Literary Political Biography of Nayantara Sahgal by Ritu Menon Aamer Hussein Sindh Sagar aur Qayam-e-Pakistan: Hamida Khuhro Aitzaz Ahsan Making A Better Pakistan Screenings of Short Films by Faryal Malik, Alizeh Kohari, Azhar Shan, Ayoub Mallah followed by Award Ceremony Sabeen Mahmud Khalid Mahmood Pervez Hoodbhoy Vitality Violence: The Chaos that is Karachi followed by Karachi: The L Issue by Arif Hasan et. al Nasreen Askari, Maniza Naqvi, Rumana Husain Kamran Asdar Ali Iran A Story of Emperors Kings A Presentation by Iftikhar Salahuddin Khalid Mir Dialogue of Rhythm Movement: Nighat Chaodhry Shayma Saiyid Storytelling by Amra Alam a.m p.m. PTV aur Aaj ka Drama Samina Ahmed, Aamina Sheikh, Sajid Hasan, Sania Saeed, Samira Fazal, Haseena Moin, Neelofar Abbasi Raju Jamil A Traveller s Tales: Lahore say Yarkent tak with Mustansar Hussain Tarar Asghar Nadeem Syed Qurratulain Hyder s Andaz-e-Bayan Aur Edited by Jameel Akhtar Azra Abbas Ameena Saiyid Arfa Sayeda Zehra Nau Lakhi Kothi by Ali Akbar Natiq Mohammed Hanif Sab Lal o Gohar: Fahmida Riaz Intikhab-e-Kalam: Fahmida Riaz compiled by Asif Farrukhi Harris Khalique Mujahid Barelvi Meray bhi hain Kuch Khwab: A. Sean Pue I Too Have Some Dreams: N.M. Rashed Modernism in Urdu Poetry by A. Sean Pue Asif Farrukhi Sarah Humayun Mental Health in a Troubled City Ayesha Mian, Naeem Sadiq, Haroon Ahmed, Saadia Quraishy Murad Moosa Khan Collector s Choice Shakil Saigol, Sherry Rehman, Muhammad Zeeshan Sameera Raja Dosti Kitabon Sey by Khaled Anam p.m p.m. Looking into the Corridors of Power: Syeda Abida Hussain Power Failure: The Political Odyssey of a Pakistani Woman Moderators: Irshad Abdul Kadir Hamida Khuhro The English Language Literatures of South Asia: Do They Interact with Each Other? Sadaf Saaz Siddiqui, H.M. Naqvi, Ritu Menon Muneeza Shamsie The Constitutional Right to Education: From Access to Quality Learning for All Mosharraf Zaidi, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Ishrat Husain, Zobaida Jalal, Sabrina Dawood, Ameena Saiyid Baela Raza Jamil In a Time of Tragedy A Season for Martyrs by Bina Shah Victoria Schofield From Other Perspectives Argentinian, Dutch Austrian Ambassadors Fawzia Naqvi Creative Movement for Children with Nighat Chaodhry

8 Sunday, 8 February p.m p.m. BREAK 2.30 p.m p.m. Transaction or Transformation in Film TV Tisca Chopra, Ali Saleem, Sanjay Iyer, Mira Sethi Omayr Aziz Saiyid 3.45 p.m p.m. The Complete Performer: Bushra Ansari Nimra Bucha A Dramatic Presentation of the Stories of Manto Intizar Husain by Feryal Ali-Gauhar Chair: Intizar Husain Asghar Nadeem Syed Gul Chni: Zehra Nigah Masood Ashar Mirror of the Mind: Aamer Hussein Bilal Tanweer Kitab-e-Muntashir: Ye Natamam si Eik Zindagi jo Guzri hay by Musadiq Sanwal Mohammed Hanif Wusat Ullah Khan Hasan Zaidi London, Sydney, Tokyo by Mujahid Barelvi Rumana Husain Kal kay Angaray A Rebel her Cause: The Life Work of Rashid Jahan by Rakhsha Jalil Ritu Menon, Kamran Asdar Ali, Zaheda Hina Kausar S. Khan War Within Sajjad Ahmed, Hajra Haider, Sonya Schonberger, Yaminay Chaudhri Quddus Mirza Storytelling by Khursheed Hyder Purani Kahaniyaan, Nayi Dunia: 32 Tales of the Thrones Intizar Husain, Arshia Sattar, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Masood Ashar Kishwar Naheed Atam Katha: Amar Jaleel Shah Muhammad Pirzada Can Creative Pakistan undo Unstable Pakistan? Jude Kelly Sherry Rehman Peter Upton Intikhab-e-Kalam: Zahida Khatoon Sherwaniya Compiled by Fatema Hasan Fahmida Riaz Educational Crisis Reform: Perspectives from South Asia by Abbas Rashid Irfan Muzaffar Sajid Ali Ghazi Salahuddin 5.00 p.m p.m. Serial aur Soap: Rung Badaltay Dramay Neelofar Abbasi, Sahira Kazmi, Rashid Sami, Khaled Anam, Shanaz Ramzi Hina Khwaja Bayat Dastaangoi: Tilism e Hoshruba Extracts from the Works of Deputy Nazeer Ahmed Fawad Khan Nazarul Hasan of NAPA The Legacy of Scheherazade: Women Fiction Bina Shah, Shana Minhas, Reshma K. Barshikar, Mira Sethi Framji Minwalla Char Janam ki Katha: Satyapal An Fatema Hassan Harris Khalique A Celebration of Literature Art Festivals Sadaf Saaz, Razi Ahmed, Karthika V.K., Ameena Saiyid, Jude Kelly, Ulrich Schreiber Asif Farrukhi 6.15 p.m p.m. Closing Ceremony: Speeches by Ameena Saiyid Asif Farrukhi Readings by Zia Mohyeddin 7.30 p.m p.m. Performance by Nighat Chaodhry 8.00 p.m p.m. Popular Classics: The Raag-based Love Songs of Pakistan by Ali Sethi

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