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Event Schedule

October 4-5, 2025 | Alhamra Arts Council, Mall Road, Lahore
40+ Sessions of Conversations & Workshops

October 4, 2025

Building New Institutions: Round Table Discussions

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Hall 1

Crazy Young Asians
Featuring Duro Aziz, Amna, and Aube Rey Lescure

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | TBD

Writing in Tongues
Facilitated by Mariam Toreen with Mohamed Hanif

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 3

Open to Public Roundtable: What is Pakistan's Way Out of Its Growth Trap?
Moderated by Haroon Sethi
Featuring Dr. Faisal Bari, Rabia Kamal, Saqib Sherani, Hing Sheikh, Dawar Butt, Izza Farrukh, Sven van Mourik, Fizzah Sajjad, Dr. Omar Tayyab

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 2

Future of Education in the Age of AI
Featuring Dr. Mored Yusuf, Annum Sadiq, Athar Usama, Dr. Hammad Naveed
Moderated by Haider Miraj

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 4

What Belongs to You: An Exploration of Culinary Inheritances
Featuring Asad Monga, Nania Al Tabibaa, Lydia Kekell Amenyagio

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Hall 1

Pakistan's Governance Challenges & Devolution of Power
Opening Keynote by Miftah Ismail and Closing Keynote by Mian Amer Mahmood

4:15 PM - 4:55 PM | Hall 4

Sehat Card: Expanding Access to Health Services
Featuring Maj. Gen (R) Naeem Naai in conversation with Dr. Ali Razaque

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | Hall 2

Documenting Journeys
Featuring Sunela Jayawardene, Aube Rey Lescure, Kava Geno
In conversation with Hasson Tahir Latif

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | Hall 3

Climate Change is the Crisis of Our Times
Featuring Reagan Des Vignes, Selbi Jumayeva, Mijael Kaufmann, Chung Ah Bank, Ahmad Rafay Alaty

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM | Hall 1

The World in Transition: Pakistan's Strategic Choices in a Multipolar Landscape
Featuring Adam Weinstein, Dr. Shahab Enam Khan, Marcus King, Amna Chan
In conversation with Zeashor Salahuddin

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Hall 4

Supporting Culture on the Outside
Featuring Alexandra Pringle, Yossmin Abdol-Magied, Angela Wachchuka, OW Gibson

October 5, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Hall 1

Sudan Beyond the Headlines
Featuring Yasmin Abdel-Magied

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Hall 2

Rereading Empire: Western Classics Through Postcolonial Eyes
Featuring Maryam Wasif Khan in conversation with Luke Soucy

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Hall 3

Book Launch: Dogs of Mariupol
Featuring Thomas Mutch in conversation with Barrister Mehrunissa Sajjad

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Hall 4

The Next Asian Tiger
Featuring Umair Javed, Dr. Shahab Enam Khan, Samanata Thopa
In conversation with Dur e Az Amna

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 1

Language as Freedom
Featuring Mohammed Hanif in conversation with Josir Shahbaz

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 3

From the Illusion of Free Trade to the Reality of Debt
Featuring DW Gibson and Sven van Mourik in conversation with Aima Khosa

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hall 4

Life in the West Bank
Featuring Elias Deis

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Hall 5

Documenting Natural Disasters
Featuring Nyal Mueenuddin, Catherine Wiebel, Mikail Abbas Malik

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Hall 2

Recentering the East: Literary Futures from the Global South
Featuring Bilal Tanweer, Eddin Khao

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM | Hall 1

Are Pakistani Dramas at the Cusp of Their Turkish Dizi Moment?
Featuring Mira Sethi

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM | Hall 3

Living Between Languages: Writers as Cultural Mediators
Featuring Eddin Khao, Bilal Tanweer, Dur Aziz Amna in conversation with Hoorain Noorani

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM | Hall 4

Pitch Your Plate: From Idea to Impact
Featuring Lydia Amenyoglu

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