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FRIDAY, FEB. 22, #LLF2019 / ALHAMRA ARTS CENTER, MALL ROAD /lahorelitfest @lhrlitfest
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3 – 4:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony

followed by

Keynote Address
on the life and legacy of

by Zehra Nigah,
with introduction
by Nasreen Rehman

5 – 6 p.m. Populism and the Securing Pakistan’s Digital History: Book Launches
Future of Global Water Future The Balochistan
Democracy Archives My Pakistan:
Technocrat Shamsul Mulk The Story of a Bishop
Historian Ayesha Jalal, and water law and policy Digitizing our past to
political commentator expert Erum Sattar Fahmida Riaz, preserve our heritage Alexander John Malik
Afshin Shahi and Altaf Fatima
historian Eugene Rogan Moderated by and Khalida Hussain Sindh Archives’ Moderated by
Rina Saeed Khan Ravinder L. Jha Nelofar Bakhtyar
Moderated by Asghar Nadeem Syed, and Balochistan Archives’
acclaimed-journalist Masood Asher and Dr. Hafeez Jamali
and author Ahmed Rashid Yasmeen Hameed Metro Lahore
Moderated by British
Moderated by Asif Farrukhi Library Lead Curator for A photographic journey
South Asian Collections along Lahore’s Metro Bus
Nur Sobers-Khan
Faizan Ahmad in
conversation with
Amna Rizwan Ali

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SATURDAY, FEB. 23, #LLF2019 / ALHAMRA ARTS CENTER, MALL ROAD
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11 a.m. – On Equity and Happiness Book Discussion A City in Fiction

12:00 p.m. In partnership with
UNDP Pakistan From Kargil to the Capturing Lahore’s stories
Coup: Events that Exploring the political and The University of and streets, violence and
Akhuwat's Amjad Saqib, Shook Pakistan personal in the art of Punjab’s Nabila Rehman revolts, cosmopolitanism
Water law and policy Lahore-based artist and Ayesha Ali and provincialism
expert Erum Sattar, Owen Bennett-Jones in Farida Batool, whose
economist Hafiz Pasha conversation with author and installation is on display Moderated by Faiza Rana Author and critic
and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa journalist Nasim Zehra at the Alhamra Muneeza Shamsie,
finance minister Roopa Farooki
Taimur Jhagra Adeela Suleman, and Osama Siddique
Naazish Ataullah,
Moderated by the Ambereen Karamat Moderated by
UN’s Neil Buhne and Farida Batool Claire Chambers
Moderated by Rabeya Jalil

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Book Launch Channeling Nostalgia Book Launch Memorial Stones In recognition of
The Ottomans, the Great of Tharparkar Hamza Shinwari
A Woman Like Her War and Turkey Today Bella Figura: How to
Live, Love and Eat An illustrated talk by Literature and Sufism
Sindh poet and activist Oxford University historian the Italian Way Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Amar Sindhu, author of specialising in the Middle on the art and cultural
The Sensational Life East Eugene Rogan with British-Iranian journalist anthropology of the Dr. Shahida Shah,
and Death of Qandeel acclaimed-journalist and and author of Bella Figura Memorial Stones Neelum Afridi,
Baloch Sanam Maher, writer Ahmed Rashid Kamin Mohammadi, in Pakistan’s Sindh Kainat Khan, Akbar
and Divisional Police Pakistani-Italian province followed by Hoti and Ibrar Ghar
Officer, Bahwalnagar entrepreneur Zahra Khan a conversation with
Ammara Athar and author of Feast noted travel writer Moderated by
Anissa Helou Salman Rashid Shahbaz Khan
Moderated by
noted activist and Moderated by Bloomsbury
artist Salima Hashmi Publishing editor-in-chief
Alexandra Pringle

1:15 – 2:15 LUNCH

2:15 – 3:15 War Writing
Syria: Unraveling
of a Cultural Haven
Exploring the in the Middle East
Political and Social
Consciousness in Award-winning journalist
Urdu Fiction and Poetry Rania Abouzeid,
photojournalist
Ameena Saiyid, Lalage Snow
Nasir Abbas Nayyar, and broadcast journalist
Harris Khalique Osama bin Javaid
and Amar Sindhu
Moderated by BBC
Moderated by Pakistan Correspondent
Asif Farrukhi Secunder Kermani
Book Launch Book Launches Book Discussion
Mosaic of Food A Line in the River: Iran: Legends of
from the Islamic World Khartoum, City Emperors and Kings
of Memory
Aliya Naqvi in Author Iftikhar Salahuddin
conversation with Author Jamal Mahjoub with an introduction
Anissa Helou, in conversation by Zehra Nigah
celebrated cookbook with Amna Rizvan Ali
author of Feast
Beyond that Last Blue
Mountain: My Silk Road
Khaled Ahmed in
conversation with
Harriet Sandys
SATURDAY, FEB. 23, #LLF2019 / ALHAMRA ARTS CENTER, MALL ROAD
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3:30 – 4:30 Decoding Iran
Iran remains culturally-
disconnected from
Pakistan: a discussion of
its vibrant youth and its
expressions in activism,
art, literature and
other realms
Middle East commentator
Afshin Shahi, Iranian
artist and curator
Vali Mahlouji, and
British-Iranian author
Kamin Mohammadi
Moderated by
author and lecturer
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
4:45 – 5:45 TBD
6-7 Book Discussion
Back to the Future
Award-winning
essayist and novelist
Pankaj Mishra with
Mohsin Hamid
7:30 - 9 The Triumphant Guitar
In partnership with
the Embassy of
Spain in Islamabad
Performance by
Raul Viela, who
has performed at Zarautz
Guitar Festival in San
Sebastian and Bilkent
University in Ankara,
among others
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HALL 2
The Crying Game
Are Pakistani TV
serials misogynistic
or do their stories
actually resonate
with women?
Actor Iqra Aziz and
actor Atiqa Odho
Moderated by Fifi Haroon
Book Discussion
Empire of Enchantment
Jadoowallahs, Jugglers
and Jinns; exploring
indigenous forms
of magic
Osama Siddique
in conversation with
author John Zubrzycki
Kashmir Scars
Ayesha Jalal,
Anam Zakaria and
Mirza Waheed
Moderated by
Victoria Schofield
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Oral History A Quiet Line of Book Launch
Resistance: Pakistan’s
My Lahore Theatre Movements Tell Her Everything
A journey through the Celebrating our Zarrar Said in
past and present of indigenous conversation with
the cultural capital street and stage theatre award-winning
of Pakistan novelist Mirza Waheed
Social activist and
Parveen Kennedy theatre director Sheema
in conversation with Kermani and playwright
Nayyar Ali Dada Shahid Nadeem
Moderated by
Harris Khalique
The Padshanama: PAKISTAN’S NEW
A Mughal masterpiece ENGLISH FICTION
The Royal Library's Book Launches Showcasing the
magnificent Padshahnama talent from Urdu’s
manuscript contains some Hijabistan contemporary poetry
of the most famous Mughal
paintings ever created. Author Sabyn Javeri Abbas Tabish,
Its curator explores in conversation with Ahmad Ata
these fascinating works Maha Khan Phillips and Adnan Baig
of art depicting the life
and court of Mughal Moderated by
Emperor Shah-Jahan Unmarriageable poet Shakeel Jazib
Pride and Prejudice
Royal Library Curator in Pakistan
Emily Hannam with noted
literary historian working Syima Aslam
primarily with Urdu materials in conversation
Francesca Orsini with author Soniah Kamal
Book Launch Music and the Book Launch
Mughal Twilight,
The Selected Works of from Aurangzeb to Bird Summons
Abdullah the Cossack Bahadur Shah Zafar
Sudanese-British
Author H. M. Naqvi Historian of Mughal author Leila Aboulela,
and Christopher Merrill Indian music Katherine Muneeza Shamsie
Schofield with musician and Sadia Zulfiqar
Moderated by Rakae Jamil
Nasreen Rehman Moderated by Afia Aslam
Film Screening
Some Lover to
Some Beloved
A critically-acclaimed Urdu
film, with English subtitles,
by Umar Riaz showcasing
the lives of Pakistani icons
Zia Mohyeddin, actor and
litterateur, and poet Faiz
Ahmed Faiz, and the Ghazal
genre of Urdu poetry
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11 a.m. – Our Neighbors Creating New Lonely Courage and the PAKISTAN’S NEW
12:00 p.m. to the West Post-Colonial Narratives Extraordinary life of Noor ENGLISH FICTION
Inayat Khan, Spy Princess
The triumphs and How have we challenged Sarmad Khoosat Book Launches
setbacks of democracy the Colonial narrative? in conversation with Asma Rashid in
and diplomacy in Asghar Nadeem Syed conversation with You Can’t Go Home Tonight
the Middle East Jamal Mahjoub and historian Rick Stroud
Maha Khan Phillips Maarya Rehman
Author of in conversation with
The Arabs: A History, Moderated by author Sarvat Hasin
Eugene Rogan, with Claire Chambers
author and lecturer
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh Pureland
Moderated by Jahanzeb Aslam
Khaled Ahmed in conversation with
author Zarrar Said

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. TBD Women Past Book Launch Book Launch Reading in
Categorisation Multilingual Societies
Paperjewels Ghazal Cosmopolitan
Women authors cannot Postcards from the Raj Urdu literature is not
be defined by their A collection of lyrical bound by the artificial
gender alone A 518 Vintage Postcard Tour essays, critical essays, constraints of language
of India, Pakistan and Sri original ghazals and qasidas
Leila Aboulela, Lanka, Paper Jewels is including Ghazal’s influence Sabyn Javeri in
Roopa Farooki, the story of postcards on the Spanish poet conversation with
Alexandra Pringle and during the Raj and the first Federico Garcia Lorca) Francesca Orsini, noted
Maha Khan Phillips book on the subject literary historian working
Shadab Zeesht Hashmi primarily with Urdu materials
Moderated by British F. S. Aijazuddin
Council, Country Director in conversation with the Moderator: Amra Raza,
Rosemary Hilhorst author Omar Khan chair of the English
Department, Punjab
University

1:15 – 2:15 LUNCH

2:15 – 3:15 Us versus Them Asma Lives! Doxiades’s Ekistics Book Launches War Gardens
in Pakistan: from
Whose right it is A celebration of the 1960s to today Musings of a Nomad Author, journalist, and
anyway to migrate? a Pakistani icon whose filmmaker Lalage Snow
legacy has helped Greek Architect Fifi Haroon in takes us on a journey
Becca Heller, shape human rights and Constantinos Doxiades conversation with through gardens in
Mohsin Hamid and activism in Pakistan designed the masterplan Aisha Farooqui Afghanistan, Syria, Gaza,
Leila Aboulela for the Korangi Township, the West Bank which are
Karachi and Islamabad tended to by civilians caught
Moderated by Nida Ali, I. A. Rehman, (Federal Capital); we look Beyond the Fields up in war landscapes
Suzy Hansen Seema Iftikhar and at Doxiades’s legacy and
Gul Rukh Rahman town planning today Huma Ijaz in conversation Moderated by Aysha Raja
with first-time author
Moderated by Harvard University Ayesha Baqir
Farida Shaheed Prof. Spiro Pollalis
with Shahid Zahid
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3:30 – 4:30 Manto and Book Launch Book Launch Modern Pasts, Music, Literature
the Recovery of Connected Futures: and Performance
Imagination The Begum Travels in a Derwish Exploring the in North India
Cloak; Adventures Progressive Artists
Ayesha Jalal, Tahmina Aziz Ayub, in Pakistan of South Asia Francesca Orsini and
Khaled Ahmed and Javid Ali Khan and historian of Mughal
Salima Hashmi Rana Liaquat Ali Journalist Isambard Zehra Jumabhoy of Indian music Katherine
Wilkinson launches his the Courtauld Institute Schofield
Moderated by Moderated by book on travels through of Art, London, art patron
Osama Siddique Framji Minwalla Pakistan, moderated by Taimur Hassan and Moderated by
Victoria Schofield. Conor Macklin of the Nasreen Rehman
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Panel: Isambard Wilkinson,
Tahir Jahangir and Moderated by
Harriet Sandys Samina Iqbal

4:45 – 5:45 Reportage Eastern Encounters Book Launches Book Launch

Exploring non-fiction Curating the Splendours The Mercurial Mr. Bhutto The Women’s Movement
Celebrating folk narratives of the Subcontinent and other stories in Pakistan: Activism,
songs and ghazals Islam and Democracy
from Multan Ahmed Rashid, Summer 2018 saw the first Soniah Kamal in
and Southern Suzy Hansen, and exhibition at the Queen’s conversation with Ayesha Khan,
Punjab with the Rania Abouzeid Gallery, Buckingham Maheen Usmani Fareeda Shaheed and
Sitara-i-Imtiaz-decorated Palace, dedicated to South Kamran Asdar Ali
Suraiya Multanikar Moderated by Asian art in the Royal
Isambard Wilkinson Collection. Curator Emily No Fortunes to Tell Moderated by Fauzia Viqar
Suraiya Multanikar Hannam discusses
and Rahat Multanikar the exhibition and Harris Khalique and
the challenges and Dr. Tariq Rahman
Moderated by opportunities it presented.
Nasrullah Nasir Moderated by
Emily Hannam with Bilal Zahoor
F. S. Aijazuddin

6-7 Global Strongmen The Country Without Cities of Literature Swat:

Globally, strongmen are
assuming positions of
power; a discussion of
experiences of this
phenomenon from
USA, Sudan and
the Middle East
Becca Heller, Rick
Stroud, Jamal Mahjoub
and Zahid Hussain
Moderated by
Owen Bennett-Jones
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A Post Office The Italian Connection
UNESCO’s Cities of
Kashmir through Literature program and Amb. Stefano Pontecorvo
the Poetry of Ayesha Nadir Ali and how its Heidelberg,
Shafqat Hussain in conversation with
Agha Shahid Ali Germany operations can
be replicated in Lahore Prof. Ashraf Khan of the
Introduction by Quaid-i-Azam University
Rachel Cooper In partnership with
Goethe-Institut
Christopher Merrill,
Shadab Zeesht Hashmi, Dr. Andrea Edel
Mirza Waheed and
Shaista Sirajuddin Making Knowledge Work
Exploring the role and
contributions of
universities as economic
and technological
dynamos of the modern
world and understanding
how investing in
technology can
drive economic and
societal development
University of Bradford
Director of External Affairs
Mark Garratt with
Fahd Ali Asif
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7:30 - 8:30 Sheema Kermani

Choreographed to the
first Qawwali by
Ameer Khusraw

Choreography set
to the poem by
Faiz Ahmed Faiz

in Raag Darbari
Concluding with a finale in

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