Program Children’s Literature

Festival

26-27 February 2016

CLF Head Office:House # 255, Street # 32, F-10/1, Islamabad. Tel: (+92-51) 229 1011

Karachi Office: F-70,Block 8, KDA 5, Kehkashan Clifton, Karachi. Tel: (+92-21) 3529 5030

Lahore Office: 70-B1, Gulberg III, LahoreTel (+92-42) 3571 1107-9

Government of Canada High Commission of Canada

GOVERMENT OF SINDHDepartment of Higher, Technical Education & Research, Department of School Education

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Children's Literature Fes�val is organizing a 2-day Children's Literature Fes�val (CLF) for the children of Karachi th th

and Sindh on the 26 and 27 of February 2016 for the fourth consecu�ve year in Karachi in collabora�on with

Karachi Youth Ini�a�ve (KYI), Dawood Public School, Dawood Founda�on, Oxford University Press, Olpers,

Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA), Open Society Founda�ons, Canadian High Commission and the Government of

Sindh.

The CLF founded by Baela Raza Jamil and co-founded by Ameena Saiyid started from Lahore in 2011. In the last 4 years, CLF has held successful events in Que�a, Peshawar, Bahawalpur, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Swat, Sahiwal, Multan with an a�endance of over 480,000 children and adults.The Children's Literature Fes�val is a free public event. It is an exci�ng ini�a�ve aimed at promo�ng reading, crea�vity and cri�cal thinking among the children of the country. It is a torch-bearer campaign; an equalizer for all school systems to address the challenges of learning, reviving a culture of reading, and genera�ng content for textbooks and supplementary materials.An exci�ng and fun-filled programme is planned for the CLF Karachi 2016. It will feature talks, interac�ve readings, discussions and workshops by well-known children's authors, poets and ar�sts. The fes�val also includes sessions on crea�ve wri�ng, bookmaking, poetry, comics, digital stories, wri�ng book reviews as well as book launches, book fair, theatre, cartoon and much more.

Abdul Jabbar Gull, Adal SoomroAdeeba AhmadAdeeba Ahmad Adeel uz Zafar Afshan AhmadAmeen JanAmeena SaiyidAmima SayeedAmra AlamAmra AliAnwer JafriArwa KhuzaimaAyesha TariqAyesha Tariq Babrus KhanBaela Raza JamilBatool NasirBina AliBina ShahChristopher AshfordFahmida KhadimFahmida RiazFaisal Ahmad UqailiFaiza KaziFazlullah PechuhoFozia KhanGauher A�abHamida Jessa

Hamida KhuhroHena AmeedHina Khawaja BayatImran AzharIzzah MeyerKhaled AnumKhuda Bux Abro Khursheed HyderLalah Rukh MalikLubna Mohyuddin M.Talha SaleemMahnaz Hassan

ZuberiMalik MirzaMani ChaoMansoor Naz

Vindhani Mansoor Vaz

VindhanjMaria MemonMaria SheikhMashall ChaudhriMuna Siddiqui Nadra HumaNaheed DurraniQureshiNaheed Durrani Nisar KhuhroNoman Siddiqui

Peter JacobQuin ThongRabeya JalilRabia GaribRaheela BaqaiRiffat AlianiRukhsana IqbalRukhsana KhanRumana HusainRuqayya Rizwan Saad Ahmed KhanSabrina DawoodSadiq MerchantSadiqa SalahuddinSalma AdilSalma HabibSalma Habib Salma Im�azSaman ShamsieSamar MinallahSamina AhmedSania Saeed Sarwat MohiuddinSeema ZahidShahana MunawarShahana RajaniShaheryar A. SiddikShakir Khan Sharmila Farooqi

Sheema KermaniSheema KhanSidra IqbalSualeha QureshiSyed Nusrat AliTalea ZafarTina SaniZain AhmedZareen QureshiZafar JunejoZarrar KhuhroZehra ZaidiZheela Ali Khan Zobaida JalalZoe ViccajiZubeida Mustafa

RESOURCE PERSONS/INSTITUTIONS/GROUPS (CLF-Karachi 2015)

Inaugural

8:00-9:00am Registration

9:00-9:15am Arrival of the Chief Guest

9:30-9:35am Tilawat

9:35-9:40am CLF Tarana “Humay Kitaab Chahye” Lyrics:Zehra Nigah,Composition: Rakae Jamil

9:40-9:45 am Welcome address by Director of CLF and CEO Dawood Foundation Sabrina Dawood 9:45-9:50am Address by Founder of Children's Literature Festival, Baela Raza Jamil

9:50-10:00am Performance by students of Dawood Public School

10:00-10:05am Address by Managing Director Oxford University Press and Co-founder of CLF Ameena Saiyid

10:05-10:15am Keynote Address by Award winning author and storyteller Rukhsana Khan.

10:15-10:25am Performance by students of The AMI School

10:25-10:30am Address by representative of Karachi Youth Initiative

10:30-10:40am Cultural Dance by Govt.Girls Higher Secondary School, Gulshan-e-Iqbal 10:40-10:50am Address by Secretary Education and Literacy Department Government of Sindh Dr.Fazlullah Pechuho

10:50am – Formal Inauguration of CLF Karachi 2016 by children and guests

Programme: Friday, 26 February 2016

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Concertby ZoeViccaji

Programme: Saturday, 27 February 2016

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