Karachi: Ameena Saiyid founder and Director and Shama Askari Director Adab Festival, Deputy Director British Council Pakistan and Wasif Rizvi President Habib University announced fourth Adab Festival will be held from November 26, 2022 at Frere Hall. Ameena Saiyid said, "Theme of Adab Festival this year is climate crisis. We want everyone in community to love, experience and enjoy literature. " Maarya Rehman Deputy Director British Council said, "Through arts and culture, we can bring young people together to connect and collaborate on creative responses to climate emergency. "

Wasif Rizvi, President Habib University said, "University being an intellectually vibrant institution considers it responsibility to initiate critical discourse highlighting severity of such existential threats." Programme is aimed at making society think beyond existing narratives and fostering alternative possibilities.  Speakers and performers at Adab Festival includ Zehra Nigah, Sherry Rahman, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Murtaza Wahab, Tariq Alexander Qaiser, Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed, Wusatullah Khan, Yasser Latif Hamdani, Zafar Masud, Dr Samina Zahir (UK), Fatema Hasan, Afzal Syed, Tanvir Anjum, Bina Shah, Noor ul Huda Shah, Taimur Rahman of Lal, Zambeel Dramatic Readings, Natalia Gul, Aitzaz Ahsan, Javved Jabbar, Rumana Husain, Shanaz Wazir Ali and Baela Jamil.

'Lost Lullaby of Mother Nature' art show by Fauzia Minallah curated by Pomme Amina Gohar, ground- breaking books will be launched such 1946, Last War of Independence. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, a collection of short stories and unpublished photographs from Second World War. Ameena Saiyid thanked Murtaza Wahab, Iqbal Memon Commissioner Karachi, British Council, Habib University, Lightstone Publishers, BARD Foundation, Institute of Business Management, Bank of Punjab, General Shipping Agencies Ltd, GETZ Pharma, EDLINKS, Pakistan International Container Terminal, Bilal Sons, Habib Metropolitan Bank, Manzoor of Frere Hall, Starlinks PR and events' Afzal, Metropolitan Commissioner, DIG SSU Karachi, Deputy Commissioner and Municipal Commissioner District South, Additional Inspector General Police Karachi Range, Sara Amjad, Assistant Commissioner (Headquarters), Junaidullah DG Parks, Dr Maqsood Ahmed, DIG SSU and Sister Elizabeth Principal of St Joseph's Convent School Karachi for their support of Adab Festival.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 21 2022

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