Lahore Literary Festival Feb 21, 22, 23 at Al Hamara, the Mall DAY ONE | Friday, Feb. 21 The Suitable Duo Vikram Seth with Nasreen Rehman 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 1 Lahore, Literature, and Longing Aitzaz Ahsan, F. S. Aijazuddin, Khaled Ahmed, and Pran Nevile with Majeed Sheikh 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 2 Delirium in Karachi Bilal Tanweer, Omar Shahid Hamid, Saba Imtiaz with H. M. Naqvi 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 3 Deeda-e-Maana Kusha Dr. Amjad Tufail, Dr. Mohammad Asif Awan, Dr. Tariq Hashmi with Musharraf Ali Farooqi 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Baithak Hall The World in Miniature Shahzia Sikander with John Zarobell 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 1 Zehra Apa aur Zia Mohyeddin ke Saath Zia Mohyeddin with Zehra Nigah 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 2 Book Launch: This Side, That Side: Restorying Partition Rafay Alam, Vishwajyoti Ghosh with Saba Naqvi 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: Thinner Than Skin Uzma Aslam Khan with Mahvesh Murad 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Baithak Hall Book Launch: The Dispensable Nation Vali Nasr with Ayesha Jalal 5-6 p.m. | Hall 1 Amrita Sher-Gil: Lahore’s Lost Daughter Pran Nevile, Farida Batool, Yashodhara Dalmia with Salima Hashmi 5-6 p.m. | Hall 2 Salaam Bombay Mira Nair with Mira Hashmi 5-6 p.m. | Hall 3 Humare Zamaane ki Khahaniyaan Julien Columeau with Asif Farrukhi 5-6 p.m. | Baithak Hall Performance: Kathak Nahid Siddiqui 7:30-8:30 p.m. | Hall 1 DAY TWO | Saturday, Feb. 22 Beyond the Global Novel K. Anis Ahmed, Hugh Eakin, Mohsin Hamid, Samia Mehrez with Razia Iqbal 10-11 a.m. | Hall I Politically Incorrect Shobhaa Dé with Shehrbano Taseer 10-11 a.m. | Hall 2 Qawwali’s Maestro, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Pierre Alain Baud with Yousaf Salahuddin 10-11 a.m. | Hall 3 Reading Fiction to Children Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Saman Shamsie, Sophia Kasuri 10-11 a.m. | Baithak Hall An Equal Music: A Writer and his Other Arts Vikram Seth in conversation with Asim Fareed 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Hall 1 Zia Mohyeddin Recites Mushtaq Yusafi Introduction by Naveed Riaz 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Hall 2 Angrezi Mushaira Athar Tahir, Bushra Naqi, IIona Yusuf, Jocelyn Ortt Saeed, Muneeza Shamsie, Sadaf Saaz with Shaista Sirajuddin 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: The World in my Hands K. Anis Ahmed in conversation with Mahvesh Murad 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Baithak Hall Fault-lines Across the Middle East Vali Nasr in conversation with Ahmed Rashid 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 1 Reportage on Pakistan Matthieu Aikins, Shahan Mufti, and Zahid Hussain with Munizae Jahangir 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 2 Book Launch: A Small Fortune Rosie Dastgir with Kamila Shamsie 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 3 Readings: Another Gulmohar Tree and The Swan’s Wife Aamer Hussein with Feryal Gauhar 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Baithak Hall Filming The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mira Nair and Mohsin Hamid with Rachel Dwyer 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 1 Musk Deer: The Contemporary in Tradition Rajeev Sethi with Noorjehan Bilgrami 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 2 Citizen Cowasjee Ayaz Amir, Framji Minwalla, Rafay Alam with Ayesha Jalal 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: In Good Faith Saba Naqvi with Shahan Mufti 2:30-3:00 p.m. | Baithak Hall Book Launch: The Faithful Scribe Shahan Mufti with Saba Naqvi 3-3:30 p.m. | Baithak Hall The Making of Political Satire Jugnu Mohsin with Ali Aftab Syed 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 1 Crisis of Education: Tagore’s Meaning Today Amit Chaudhuri, Pervez Hoodbhoy, and Rubina Saigol with Khaled Ahmed 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 2 Print is Here to Stay! Gavin Francis, John Gapper, Maina Bhagat with Michael Dwyer 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 3 The Body in South Asian Art Naman Ahuja with Rachel Dwyer 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Baithak Hall Afghanistan on the Brink Ahmed Rashid, Hina Rabbani Khar, Maleeha Lodhi, Vali Nasr with Rashed Rahman 5-6 p.m. | Hall 1 Zia Mohyeddin Recites from His Own Works Introduced by Asif Farrukhi 5-6 p.m. | Hall 2 Dissonance to Detour Diana Campbell, Kamila Shamsie, Shahzia Sikander with John Zarobell 5-6 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: Gone with the Vindaloo and Curry Shrabani Basu and Vikram Nair with Libby Owen-Edmunds 5-6 p.m. | Baithak Hall Performance: Sachal Orchestra 8-9 p.m. | Hall 1 DAY THREE | Sunday, Feb. 23 Imagining Cities Amit Chaudhuri, K. Anis Ahmed, Mohsin Hamid, Raza Rumi with Shahid Zahid 10-11 a.m. | Hall 1 Humor as Subvertor Ali Aftab Syed, Mohammed Hanif, Salima Hashmi, Salman Shahid with Jugnu Mohsin 10-11 a.m. | Hall 2 Punjab ke Inquilabi Shuara (Poetry of Resistance) Iqbal Qaiser, Nasreen Anjum Bhatti, Tanveer Zahur with Afzal Sahir 10-11 a.m. | Hall 3 Dharkan: A Photographic Adventure through Pakistan Mobeen Ansari with Nadia Jamil 10-11 a.m. | Baithak Hall The Place of Fiction in a Nonfiction World Ahmed Rashid, Amit Chaudhuri, H. M. Naqvi, and Michael Dwyer with Aysha Raja 11:15-12:15 p.m. | Hall 1 Naguib Mahfouz: The Cairo Trilogy in Egypt Today Samia Mehrez with Hugh Eakin 11:15-12:15 p.m. | Hall 2 A View from the Himalayas Gavin Francis, Libby Owen-Edmunds, and Namita Gokhale with Salman Rashid 11:15-12:15 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: Bird in a Banyan Tree Bina Ramani in conversation with Sehyr Saigol 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Baithak Hall Reading: Difficult Daughters Manju Kapur with Muneeza Shamsie 11:45-12:15 p.m. | Baithak Hall Book Launch: A God in Every Stone Kamila Shamsie with Alex von Tunzelmann 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 1 Love in the Season of Mangoes Mohammed Hanif with Navid Shahzad 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 2 The Rise and Fall of Masala Films Rachel Dwyer with Mira Hashmi 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: Hum Log Fahmida Riaz with Khaled Ahmed 12:30-1:00 p.m. | Baithak Hall Jadeed o Qadeem Khawateen ke Naam Zehra Nigah with Asif Farrukhi 1-1:30 p.m. | Baithak Hall Women on the Verge… Florence Noville, Manju Kapur, Namita Gokhale, and Muneeza Shamsie with Alex Von Tunzelmann 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 1 Humara Culture aur Bairuni Asarat Asif Farrukhi, Fahmida Riaz, Intizar Hussain, Khaled Ahmed with Masud Ashar 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 2 Labyrinth of Reflections Hameed Haroon, Naazish Ataullah, and Rashid Rana 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: The Gift Florence Noiville with K. Anis Ahmed 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Baithak Hall India, Cultural Conundrum? Aitzaz Ahsan, Mira Nair, Maseeh Rahman, Sherry Rehman with Alex von Tunzelmann 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 1 It’s Raining Litfests! Libby Owen-Edmunds, Maina Bhagat, Namita Gokhale, Sadaf Saaz, Ulrich Schreiber with Rafil Kroll-Zaidi 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 2 Victoria’s Secret Shrabani Basu with F. S. Aijazuddin 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Hall 3 Book Launch: Saints and Singers: Sufi Music in the Indus Valley Peter Pannke with Aliya Iqbal Naqvi 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Baithak Hall War on Culture Ahmed Rashid, Hugh Eakin, Naman Ahuja, Vikram Seth with Mishal Husain 5-6 p.m. | Hall 1 Happy Things in Sorrow Times Tehmina Durrani with Rashed Rahman 5-6 p.m. | Hall 2 Negotiating a South Asian Identity K. Anis Ahmed, Moeed Yusaf, Shrabani Basu with Sherry Rehman 5-6 p.m. | Hall 3 Women in Classical Punjabi Literature Mushtaq Soofi, Riaz Shaad, and Sarwat Mohiuddin with Majeed Sheikh 5-6 p.m. | Baithak
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