"The body seeks London, Lahore, Delhi, Islamabad. To my soul, the streets anywhere are the streets of Karachi" -- from Harris Khalique's poem, The Streets, that he recited at the 1st Karachi Literature Festival 2010 PROGRAMME
SATURDAY, 20 MARCH
10am-11am
Lawn
Formal Inauguration
Speakers: Mashhood Rizvi, Asif Farrukhi, Ameena Saiyid, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Shamsur Rehman Faruqui 11am-12 noon Maharani room Transplanted Flowers: Conversation and Readings with Aamer Hussein
Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie Maharaja room Conversation and Readings with Kishwar Naheed
Moderator: Durdana Soomro 11am - 1pm Sahr 1 room
Workshop on creative writing by Adrian Hussain
12 noon - 1pm Maharaja room Panel Discussion on Literature from Pakistan: Old, New and Across Languages
Moderator: Asif Farrukhi. Panelists: Kishwar Naheed, Aamer Hussein, Masood Ashar, and Intizar Hussain Maharani room Conversation and Readings with Bapsi Sidhwa
Moderator: Ishrat Lindblad 1pm - 2pm LUNCH 2pm - 3pm Maharaja room Conversation and Readings with Mohammad Hanif
Moderator: Sadia Shepard Maharani room Literature and Humour with Sarfraz Manzoor
Moderator: Asif Noorani 3pm - 4pm Maharaja room Panel Discussion: Literature and Activism
Moderator: Sunil Sethi. Panelists: Mohammad Hanif, Fahmida Riaz, and Arfa Syeda Zehra Maharani room Book Launches, Zakhm Ka Nishan by Susan Abulhawa translated by Masood Ashar
Shadianey by Naguib Mehfouz translated by Fahmida Riaz Moderators: Obaid Siddiqui and Ghazi Salahuddin 4pm - 5pm Maharaja room--Talk by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi ‘Urdu ki Majmooi Sooretehaal’ Moderator: Iftikhar Arif Maharani room--Conversation and Readings with, Zulfikar Ghose Moderator: Ishrat Lindblad 5pm - 6pm Maharani room-- Conversation and Readings with Sara MacDonald and Sadia Shepard Moderator: Raza Rumi 5pm - 7pm Scellinas room-- 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, and Kashif Hussain Ghayar 6pm - 7pm Maharani room-- Conversation and Readings with Maniza Naqvi and Sehba Sarwar. Moderator: Ayesha Tammy Haq 9pm onwards, Dance Performance by Sheema Kermani and Group at the Karachi Arts Council PROGRAMME FOR SUNDAY 21 MARCH
10am - 11am Maharani room-- A Tribute to Quratulain Hyder, Moderator: Raza Rumi, Panelists: Intizar Husain, Fahmida Riaz, Aamer Hussain, and Arfa Syeda Zehra Sahr 1, Maharaja, Board Room 1/ Banquet Office--Reading and story telling sessions for families and children. Authors/ Story-tellers: Saman Shamsie, Zara Mumtaz, and Musharraf Ali Farooqi. Moderator: Raheela Baqai, Nida Dossa, and Seema Khan 11am - 12 Noon Maharaja room-- Book Launches: 50 Poems: 30 Selected 20 New, by Zulfikar Ghose; Home Boy, by Husain Naqvi. Moderators: Amberina Kazi and Ishrat Lindblad Scellinas room-- Launch of The Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories Selected and Translated by Amina Azfar, followed by discussion on the world of Urdu short stories. Intizar Hussain to launch. Moderator: Asif Farrukhi. Speakers: Hasan Manzar, Asad Mohammad Khan, and Aamer Hussein 12 noon - 1pm Maharani room-- From Manuscript to Bestseller. An interactive session with Ameena Saiyid and Asif Noorani. Moderator: Ishrat Lindblad Maharaja room-- Panel Discussion on Sufism and Literature. Moderator: Raza Rumi. Panelists: Samina Quraeshi, and Mahmood Jamal 1pm - 2pm LUNCH 2pm - 3pm Maharaja room--Book Launch, Look at the City from Here: Karachi Writings. Selected and Edited by Asif Farrukhi. Zehra Nigah to launch. Moderator: Obaid Siddiqui. Writers: Hasan Manzar, Fahmida Riaz, and Harris Khalique Maharani room--Conversation and Readings with, Iftikhar Arif Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin 3pm - 4pm Maharaja room--Panel Discussion, Literature in Translation. Moderator: Musharraf Ali Farooqi. Panelists: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Fahmida Riaz, and Durdana Soomro Maharani room--Conversation and Readings with with Intizar Hussain and Asad Mohammad Khan. Moderator: Harris Khalique 4pm - 5pm Maharani room--Conversation and Readings with Mohsin Hamid. Moderator: Sunil Sethi Maharaja room--Conversation and Readings with Fahmida Riaz. Moderator: Raza Rumi. 5pm - 6pm Scellinas room--Crossing Borders, Readings from Eqbal Ahmed by Zohra Yusuf. Moderator: Irfan Husain. Panelists: Mohammad Hanif, Fahmida Riaz, and Wasif Rizvi Maharani room--Conversation and Readings with Victoria Schofield Moderator: Ayesha Tammy Haq, 6pm- 7pm Maharani room--Panel Discussion on Contemporary South Asian English Literature: Its Role and Challenges Today. Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie. Panelists: Mohammad Hanif, Sarfaraz Manzoor, and Sadia Shepard 6pm - 7pm Maharaja room --Conversation and Readings with Zehra Nigah. Moderator: Fatima Hassan 7-8 pm, Closing Party open to all attendees present: samosas, pakoras, cake, tea, coffee, and mineral water will be served. 9pm onwards Play by Tehrik-e-Niswan (Sheema Kermani and group) - Venue: Arts Council, Karachi Participants List
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