FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022 #LLF2022 / ALHAMRA ART CENTER, MALL ROAD

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2:30 – 4 p.m. Opening Ceremony

Welcome address by LLF

Chairman and CEO followed with
short lectures:

The Ottomans by
Marc David Baer

Contemporary Egypt
by Ahdaf Soueif

An Illustrated talk on Lahore

by F.S. Aijazuddin

Lifetime Achievement
Awards Ceremony
4 – 5 p.m. In Cultural Partnership with
the Embassy of Spain

Performance

Vanessa Muela sings using

traditional instruments, some
dating back to the Middle Ages,
which are considered the
root of Spanish Literature.

DISCLAIMER: This schedule for #LLF2022 is tentative and subject to change at the discretion of the LLF Organizers.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022 #LLF2022 / ALHAMRA ART CENTER, MALL ROAD
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. In cultural partnership with CoMo

Bagh-i-Jinnah
Art World's Enfant Terrible
(Lawrence
Gardens) Iconic artist Rasheed Araeen is
joined by Conor Macklin
(Grosvenor Gallery London) and
Kylie Gilchrist for the launch of
Islam and Modernism, followed
by the unveiling of a permanent
art installation by Rasheed
Araeen at the Bagh-i-Jinnah
(Lawrence Gardens)

Moderated by Quddus Mirza

12 - 1 p.m. The State of Global The Factory as Muse: Book Launch Chronicles from
Power Politics: ‫اردوشارعیںیماینایک‬ Muse Factory The Go-Between the Frontier Stations
Where’s the World Headed? Exploring innovations A Coming-Of-Age Memoir
in Urdu Poetry Artists reflect on their recent Raised in Birmingham, a London- Former civil servant
Professor of International History experience of working at an based artist unveils his story in a Shakil Durrani talks of his
at LSE, Marc David Baer, and industrial space in Lahore new book on women from the experiences in Khyber-
former editor, diplomat ‫انشورااحسق‬ frontier settling in their new lives Pakhtunkhwa province with
and writer Maleeha Lodhi ‫شارقامجل‬ Khwaja Shamail and
Quddus Mirza, Ayaz Jokhio, Dr. Raheel Siddiqui
‫فرہحیوقنی‬ Rameesha Azeem and Multidisciplinary artist and
Moderated by ‫افہمطرہمو‬ Eeman Maqsood storyteller Osman Yousefzada
Saima Mohsin, presenter with Alexandra Pringle,
and correspondent, Sky News
‫رامحنافرس‬ Executive Publisher,
‫بارصابعسنر‬:‫مربان‬ Moderated by Rabeya Jalil Bloomsbury Publishing
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1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Savage Beauty Cogito Ergo Sum In cultural partnership with the Pakistani Cookery,
Book Discussion
‫روزرمہاکیسنہذماق‬ Embassy of France Reinterpreted
The Art of Imran Qureshi Pakistan Here and Now One Thousand and One Nights
(Alf Laylah wa-Laylah): Washington D.C.-based Pakistani
Celebrated contemporary Harris Khalique, Khaled Ahmed Carrying on with our recurring Antoine Galland and cookbook writer Shaziah Zuberi
artist Imran Qureshi and Navid Shahzad theme, over the past decade of the French Connection tantalizes us with newfound
in conversation with the LLF, of humour as a device food pairings that morph
Salima Hashmi, Pakistan’s Moderated by Fahd Ali to subvert the boundaries the traditional kitchen into a
foremost art educationist and Visual artist, poet, and translator
Yasmine Seale with Shafiq Naz global place of ideas
former principal, NCA Lahore

‫یلعآاتفبدیعس‬ Moderated by
‫املسنشادہ‬ Nida Bano Qureshi
‫لمہمرسفراز‬:‫مربان‬

2:15 - 3 p.m. LUNCH

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Patrons of Magnificence Text, Pretext, Context Mainstreaming Museums Children’s Fiction
Book Launch
‫اردورثنیمظن‬
Chachnama and Safiullah Baig, Louvre Museum Saman Shamsie,
The Ottomans the Tarikh-e-Farishta curator Jean-Baptiste Clais, Roopa Farooki and
Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
Asma Ibrahim Musharraf Ali Farooqi
‫ااضفلادمح ّسد‬
Columbia University historian and Ghazala Rahman ‫ونتيرامجن‬
LSE historian Marc David Baer
with F.S. Aijazuddin Manan Ahmed Asif Moderated by Nadhra Khan, ‫ااشتحمیلع‬:‫مربان‬
in conversation with Ali Majid Sikh-period art historian, LUMS
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Untrodden Ways Regulating Capitalism Book Launch

Pakistan at 75;
Phantom of Freedom? Travel Writing in Pakistan Diplomatic Footprints
‫اُسآدیمیکیمک‬
Tahir Jahangir, Salman Rashid,
Book Launch )‫(ایب ِدآفص ّفریخ‬
Tufts University Professor and The Key Man Former Foreign Secretary and
the author, among other titles, and Zulfikar Ali Kalhoro diplomat Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
of The Struggle for Pakistan Former WSJ reporter with Qazi Shaukat Fareed
Ayesha Jalal with Simon Clark and ‫اتکباکاجرااوروگتفگ‬
author and columnist Moderated by Chairman NBP Zubyr Soomro
Nadeem Farooq Paracha Wajiha Hyder ‫ ارغصدنيم ّسد‬:‫مربان‬
Moderated by )‫ااعنمدنمی(رمتاتکب‬:‫رشاکء‬
Saima Mohsin
‫ااضفلادمح ّ د‬
‫بارصابعسنر‬،‫س‬
‫احرثخليق‬،‫ونتيرامجن‬

5:45 - 6:45 p.m. In Cultural Partnership with Book Launches In cultural partnership with Book Launches
‫دااتسنوگیئ‬ the Embassy of Spain Choked the Embassy of Austria
Everything is True
What Are We Breathing? Poetry Across Borders
Films of Gaizka Urresti
‫دااتسنمسلطوہرشبااور‬ Author and journalist Judith Nika Pfifer,
Roopa Farooki with
Alexandra Pringle
In conversation with
‫اياھتبادشاہ‬ Spanish film director
Beth Gardiner
with Abdullah Sumbal
Yasmine Seale, and
**
Gaizka Urresti Mehvash Amin
**
‫وفاداخناورندرانسحل‬ New Fiction Moderated by Vietnam: The Mountains Sing
Moderator Saad Sheikh, Founder, Athar Tahir
The Colony Performance Arts Little America Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai with
Cultural Center Amna Rizvan Ali
Zain Saeed, Assistant Professor,
Habib University with
Hassan Tahir, Managing Editor,
The Aleph Review
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8 p.m.
‫وقایل م‬
‫اصیميرادرزوقال‬

DISCLAIMER: This schedule for #LLF2022 is tentative and subject to change at the discretion of the LLF Organizers.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022, #LLF2022 / ALHAMRA ARTS CENTER, MALL ROAD
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12 - 1 p.m. Rule by Fear; Fear Rules In Cultural Partnership with Book Launch The Art of Translation
the Embassy of France The Reluctant Republic: Ethos
‫اتکبیکرروامنیئ‬
Ammar Ali Jan, and Mythos of Pakistan Yasmine Seale, Musharraf
Shahida Shah and Chilanum Daggers Ali Farooqi, Shafiq Naz
Amar Sindhu Symbols of Multiculturalism in Nadeem Farooq Paracha with )‫دشااکمن(باول‬ and Shaukat Niazi
the Mughal Empire TBD
Moderated by **
A lecture by Jean-Baptiste Clais,
Mujahid Barelvi
with an introduction ** ‫ارغصدنمی ّسد‬:‫فنصم‬
Book Launch
by Nadhra Khan ‫رشاکءوگتفگ‬ The Inn
Katie Hickman on the ‫نجيبہاعرف‬
Women of the Raj
‫ضاءانسحل‬ Maniza Naqvi
and Osama Siddique

1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Literary Lives Book Launch Book Launch

Prison Diaries; Waning Pandemic: Doctors’ Stories Making a Muslim Are You Enjoying?
Freedoms for Writers from the Frontlines Fyzee Rahamins; Pakistan’s
and Activists? Early Power-Couple S. Akbar Zaidi, Executive Mira Sethi and Adnan Malik;
Writer and doctor Roopa Farooki: Director, Institute of Business introduced by Alexandra Pringle
Ahdaf Soueif, Hina Jilani former Executive Director, JPMC Author of Hybrid Tapestries Administration, Karachi with
and Daniel Hilton Karachi, Seemi Jamali: Muneeza Shamsie and art Khaled Ahmed, Contributing
and author of The Rivals, historian Samina Iqbal; Editor, Newsweek Pakistan
Moderated by Saad Shafqat; Moderated by Naazish Ataullah,
Nasim Zehra artist and former principal,
Moderated by Saima Mohsin National College of Arts, Lahore

2:15 - 3 p.m. LUNCH

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3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Book Launch Planet in Crisis Writing Our Stories A Love Letter to
Writing; Its Promise and Men and Women
Womansplaining Disappointments
Climate Crisis and the Decolonizing Lives
Author Huma Price with
Former editor, diplomat and Ahdaf Souief and Framework for Sustainable Aitzaz Ahsan and
serving Senator Sherry Rehman Mohsin Hamid Development Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Osama
Siddique and Osman Justice Nasira Iqbal
in conversation with
Sahar Bandial Yousefzada
Moderated by Beth Gardiner with Australian
Muneeza Shamsie Moderated by TBD
journalist Marian Wilkinson
and Shazia Rafi Moderated by
Nelofar Bakhtyar

Moderated by
Asif Nawaz

Streetfighting Years Imperial Ghost Wars in No Man’s Language Video Games as a New
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Afghanistan Domain of Creation
Acclaimed activist and writer ‫ںیمںیہناماتن‬
Urdu Classics in Translation
Tariq Ali joins veteran
journalist Najam Sethi for ‫بیبحاجلم‬ Zahid Hussain, Maleeha Lodhi
and Najmudin Shaikh; Jean-Baptiste Clais
a live discussion from London Moderated by Rabia Akhtar Musharraf Ali Farooqi with TBD
‫ازتعازانسح‬ and Osama Siddique

‫اجمدہيرولیی‬ **
Moderated by
‫ومیتررامحن‬ Taiba Abbas
ٰ‫ریفسیلیل‬

‫یلعاربکباقط‬
‫ارالسنراوھٹر‬:‫زیمبان‬
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6 – 7:30 p.m.
‫اشمرعہ‬ ‫اجنپیبڈراہم‬
‫کس‬
‫وچگ سميےدی‬

‫مجننیسحدیس‬:‫اھکلری‬
‫ م ا‬:‫دہااکتیر‬
‫ہدفصر‬

DISCLAIMER: This schedule for #LLF2022 is tentative and subject to change at the discretion of the LLF Organizers.