KARACHI: Arts Council here will be the venue where the 2nd (three-day) Adab Festival Pakistan (AFP) will be held from 31st of Jan. to 2nd of Feb.
For Complete Program Check the Link: https://www.adabfest.com/Adab2020/adab2020-programme
Founder of the Festival Ameena Saiyid while talking to Newspakistan.tv on Wednesday (22nd of January, 2020) expressed contentment that the seed of festivals that she and co-founder Dr. Asif Farrukhi had sown a decade ago had now spread to all over the country.
Director of Goethe Institut Stefan Winkler said he was happy to support the Adab Festival Pakistan. His organisation had invited Dr. Thomas Wohlfahrt (Head of an International Poetry Festival in Berlin who will show a selection of international poetry in films.)
Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani said he was happy that the Metropolis was regaining its lost glory. Poet Zehra Nigah appreciated how such events encourage young boys and girls take interest in books. President of the Arts Council Ahmed Shah extended his full support.
A relevant piece published earlier:
AdabFest, a movement to spread peace!
4th of February, 2029
KARACHI: The seed and idea of literature festivals caught on and spread like wildfire in a forest where it seems that fuel of parched trees was waiting for it.
These thoughts were expressed by Ameena Saiyid, Founder, and Director Adab Festival Pakistan, at the closing ceremony of first Adab Festival Pakistan.
The three-day Festival (AdabFest) featuring writers, poets, showbiz figures and journalists concluded here on Sunday.
On the third & last day of AdabFest, thousands of literature lovers attended the festival. People of all ages attended the festival, including avid readers, writers, academics, and literary figures from across Pakistan and the world for the 3rd day of the festival, which began on Friday at the Sindh Governor House, Karachi.
Addressing the participants at the closing ceremony, Ameena Saiyid said that AdabFest was a unique event but hoped it would not remain so. “For me, AdabFest is a movement to spread peace and harmony through expression: that is through books, dialogue, debate, art, music, storytelling, and dance and through watching, listening, and asking questions”, she said.
In his concluding remarks, Founder & Director of Adab Fest Asif Farrukhi said that these 3 days were full of magical atmosphere with discussions, book launches, theaters, dramatic readings, music and
through all this, a wonderful answer was given to all those who were against the magnificent backdrop of this monumental location.
He said this was made possible by the efforts of a very small team. He apologized for all the shortcomings and said that the real triumph is the way we managed to do anything at all against all odds
as it took us a very painful route to reach here.
CEO Getz Pharma, lead sponsor of AdabFest, Khalid Mehmood in his concluding speech said Getz Pharma always played its role to support literature and preserving our cultural heritage, as envisioned by our founding fathers for a peaceful and progressive country. “Our support
as lead sponsor of the Adab Festival is part of the larger mission of encouraging tolerance, dialogue and nation building without which neither the industry & the economy nor other institutions can sustain and prosper.”
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