Program

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.

LLF2017 Program