Originally programmed as a three-day event, the fifth home edition of the Lahore Literary Festival, LLF 2017, has been revised to a single-day event. The festival is being hosted at Faletti’s Hotel, Egerton Road.
“The revised, robust program celebrates the written word, the arts, and activism from Pakistan and abroad,” said Razi Ahmed, founder and CEO of LLF. “We are certain Lahore’s audiences will be thrilled with our latest edition.”
LLF 2017
Not a Nice Man at All
Monty Python’s Michael Palin with Kamila Shamsie
10 – 11 a.m. / Hall 1
Wives, Daughters, and Courtesans of the Raj
Margaret MacMillan, Alex von Tunzelmann, and Katie Hickman; moderated by Pippa Virdee
11:10 – 12:10 p.m. / Hall 1
Today in Fake News
Max Rodenbeck, Ahmed Rashid, Nermeen Shaikh, and Qasim Nauman with Fasih Ahmed
11:10 – 12:10 p.m. / Hall 2
Goethe-Institut and the Annemarie Schimmel Haus present
Digging Deep: Crossing Far
Elke Falat, Julie Tieke, Muzammil Ruheel, and Risham Syed with Nida Kermani
11:10 – 12:10 p.m. / Hall 3
Medicine Man: The Making of a Legend
Dr. Syed Adeeb-Ul-Hasan Rizvi with Hameed Haroon (and Nadia Jamil)
12:20 – 1:20 / Hall 1
Conversation
Who Belongs Where?
Mohsin Hamid and Teju Cole
12:20 – 1:20 / Hall 2
John Lockwood Kipling and Punjab’s Arts and Crafts
Bethany Wratislaw with Qudsia Rahim
12:20 – 1:20 / Hall 3
Conversation
This is Where the Serpent Lives
Daniyal Mueenuddin with Kamila Shamsie
1:30 – 2:30 / Hall 1
Zehra Apa ke Saath Saath
Zehra Nigah, introduction by Arfa Sayeda Zehra
1:30 – 2:30 / Hall 2
Art in the Age of Fascism
Molly Crabapple and Salima Hashmi
1:30 – 2:30 / Hall 3
Launch
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid with Dwight Garner
2:40 – 3:40 / Hall 1
Nixon, Mao, and Pakistan
Margaret MacMillan with F. S. Aijazuddin
2:40 – 3:40 / Hall 2
From Morocco to Darjeeling: Food, Tea, and Wanderlust
Jeff Koehler with Momina Aijazuddin
2:40 – 3:40 / Hall 3
Pakistan at 70
Ayesha Jalal and William Dalrymple
3:50 – 4:50 / Hall 1
Elegy Writing
Zehra Nigah, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, and Syeda Saiyidain Hameed; moderated by Tahira Naqvi
3:50 – 4:50 / Hall 2
Far Right, Far Out: Writing, Nationalism, and the Brave New World
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Eka Kurniawan, Gillian Slovo, and Teju Cole; moderated by Dwight Garner
3:50 – 4:50 / Hall 3
Naya Savera
Shabnam Ghosh with Asghar Nadeem Syed
5 – 6 / Hall 1
Kohinoor: Story of the Stone
William Dalrymple and Anita Anand with F. S. Aijazuddin
5 – 6 / Hall 2
Launch
Naya Daur, Shakir Ali, and the Lahore Art Circle
Samina Iqbal, Nayyar Ali Dada, and Salima Hashmi; moderated by Simone Willie
5 – 6 / Hall 3
Up Your Himalayas
Michael Palin
6:10 – 7:10 / Hall 3
Please note that the program may be subject to change. Seating in all spaces shall be on a first-come, first-served basis at this free, open-to-public event.
