Staff Reporter
The 2nd edition of “Adab” festival is all set to take place at the Karachi Arts Council from today (January31) expecting thousands of enthusiastic literature lovers to actively participate in the event. Talking to media the founder of the festival Ameena Saiyid said with the aim of celebrating literature in diversePakistani languages as well as writers and artists, the 2nd edition of “Adab Festival” will kick start from January 31 and run till February 2. She explained the “Adab Festival” will offer a plethora of author discussions ranging from in conversation sessions and panel discussions to masterclasses with favourite famous writers. She said there was a glorious history of Pakistani language. Such international event of literature will further enrich our literature. She said before start of this festival, “We are taking huge response from writers, youth and publishing houses from both home and abroad”. Ameena said this yearnew features have been included in the programme, such as a four-day creative writing course, which will be conducted by London-based novelist Aamer Hussein and Shehryar Sheikh, H M Naqvi and others. She also stressed the importance of literature festivals, saying that Pakistan had a rich tradition of literature and that we must project it to the world. “We are proud of Pakistani literature,” she said.
