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Federal Directorate of Education

Capital Administration and Development Division

Program02-03 May 2014

ISLAMABAD

About the Children’s Literature Fes�val Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA), Oxford University Press (OUP) in collabora�on with Open Society Founda�ons (OSF) and

Federal College of Educa�on (FCE), are organizing a 2-day Children's Literature Fes�val (CLF) for the children of nd rdIslamabad/Rawalpindi and Pakistan on 2 and 3 of May 2014 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Federal College of Educa�on H-9,

Islamabad.

The CLF co-founded by Baela Raza Jamil and Ameena Saiyid started from Lahore in 2011. In the last 2 years, CLF held successful

events in Que�a, Peshawar, Bahawalpur, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Swat, Sahiwal with an a�endance of over 150,000 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 Islamabad. 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

puppet shows.

Children and educators from all over the country will a�end the CLF as par�cipants. Ambassadors of CLF include Arfa Sayeda

Zehra, Bapsi Sidhwa, Khaled Anam, Kishwar Naheed, Rumana Husain, Akram Dost, Munir A. Badini, Samar Minallah, Adeel

Hashmi, Mira Hashmi, Nadia Jamil, Sania Saeed, Zobaida Jalal, Zubeida Mustafa, Fahd Husain, Fauzia Minallah.

Abbas Husain Ac�ve Youth Organiza�onAdnan AbbasiAdeel HashmiAfshan HumaA�ab Surooj A.H NayyarAlif Laila Book Bus Society AlamAmeena SaiyidAmmar Khalid Amra AlamAnam TariqArfa Syeda ZehraAsad Karim Asad MianAsad UmarAsad KarimAsma MunderwalaAyubBalochAzka KhanBaela Raza JamilBakhtawar ShahBasarat KazimBatool NasirBibi Riffat ShaheenBushra ShahabChintan Girish Modi

Danish FaruqiFaheem AbbasiFaisal BariFareeha IdreesFarah SadiaFarah FaruqiFarooq QaiserFarid Ullah KhanFa�ma Husain Fauzia MinallahFayyaz RajaGul Bahar BibiHamida KhuhroHamza LariHaji Habib Harris KhaliqueHaseena MoinHelen KamalHira IlyasHuma MirzaIlonaYousufJasmine ArandiaKalash Dur School Kashif Ali DhaniKhaled AnamKhursheed HyderKishwar NaheedLaajverd

Layba BibiMahvash FaruqiMaimoona Abbas Malik Bilal HaiderMaryam FaruqiMastdanaMehnaz AzizMian and the MithuusMian Shehzad AliMisbah JavedMohammad ZulfiqarMosharraf ZiadiMuhammad Ajmal Khan M. Ajmal KhanMuhammad Ejaz Ullah Mughal Muhammad Jamil BajwaMunaza TanveerMuzammil HussainM.Zai-ul-HaqNadine MurtazaNargis SultanaNasreen IqbalNasim ZehraNazar AbbasNiazNidaYaseenNidaAzwar NigarNazar

Authors/Moderators/Par�cipants

Owais Pathanay KhanPervaiz HoodbhoyRafique TahirRaj WaliKha�akRakae Rahman JamilRashda Fa�maRidaArifRubinaAnjumRumana HusainSadia Sarwar GillSaeeda JabeenSaeed Ul HassanSaif HassanSaleem MairajSaman ShamsieSamar MinallahSamia Rehman DogarSaniaShahidSehar TariqShadab

Shafia HanifShaheera MoinShahid SiddiquiShanze TanveerShahrukh MohiuddinSheherazad AlamSohail Bha�Sunil KumarTahira AbdullahTahira MaqboolTaimur RehmanTajdar ZaidiTasswawar NaheedTaya Online Theater GroupTayyaba AquilTelenorTele TaleemTulin Khalid Usman RanaWajih Nizami

Waleed AkramWaqas BajwaWorld Bank Yahya FaruqiYaminay ChaudhryZaheer Abbas Zainab Omar Zaynah GillaniZayneb MoinZeerak AhmedZehra ZiadiZehra ArshadZehra Husain Zobaida JalalZuha Ansari Zulekha

INAUGURATION

9:30 am - 9:35 am : Tilawat

9:35 - 9:40 am: CLF Taraana- Humay Kitab Chaiheye: Lyrics: Zehra Nigah, Composi�on: Rakae Jamil; Children's Choir: Al-Maktoum Special Educa�on Centre

9:40 - 9:45 am: Welcome by Member, Board of Directors CLF, Fauzia Minallah

9:45 - 9: 55 am: Performance by Students from Kalaash: Mastdana, Gul Bahar Bibi, Layba Bibi

9:55 - 10:15 am: Reading by Maimoona Abbas, Tassawar Naheed and Live Pain�ng by Shanze Tanveer, Munaza Tanveer (Students of Al-Maktoum Special Educa�on Centre) & Students from Islamabad

10:15 - 10:30 am: Keynote Address: Haseena Moin and Rumana Husain

10:30 - 10:40 am: Acknowledgements by Managing Director Oxford University Press & Co-Founder CLF, Ameena Saiyid (OBE) and Director Programs Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi & Founder of CLF, Baela Raza Jamil

10:40 - 10:55 am: Inaugural Remarks by: Senior Programme Officer Open Society Founda�ons, Nargis Sultana, Secretary Capital Administra�on and Development Division, Mr. Farid Ullah Khan, Deputy Head of Delega�on European Union, Mr. Pierre Mayaudon

10:55 – 11:00 am: CLF Islamabad 2014 Formal Inaugura�on by the Children and Guests

02 MAY 2014

Programme

PROGRAM: Children's Literature Festival - 02 MAY 2014

Venue

11:00 –

12:00

12:15 –

01:15

01:30 –

02:30

02:45 –

03:45

04:00 –

05:00

Koh-i-Simorgh

Puppet Show

by Farooq Qaiser

Amai; the Bird of Light

by Fauzia

Minallah

Interac�ve Music Session

by Mian and the Mithuus

Ilm aur Taleem

by Taya Online Theatre Group

Concert “Yeh Hai Mera Pakistan”

Owais Pathanay Khan (Vocals), Sunil Kumar (Vocals), Waleed Akram (Vocals), UsmanRana (Guitar), Kashif

Ali (Tabla), Muzammil Hussain (Guitar) and Nazar Abbas (Flute)

Announcement of Best

School Banners for May 2, 2014

AUTAAQ

Book Stalls

Bacha Bawarchi

(Area near food court)

Bacha Bawarchi

by Laajverd

Iqbal Room

A-14

Storytelling for Peace

by Chintan Girish

Modi with Rumana Husain

The Importance of Imagina�on in Crea�vity and Life

by Farah Sadia

How to Write Short Stories

by

Amra

Alam

Crea�ve Wri�ng

by

Sehar

Tariq

Bulleh Shah Room

B-8

A Talk on Quaid-e-

Azam; my leader, my inspira�on

by Nasreen Iqbal

A Talk on Quaid-e-

Azam; my leader, my inspira�on

by Nasreen Iqbal

From a Manuscript to a Book

by Oxford University Press

“I belong to Harappa and Harappa belongs to me”

by Sheherazade

Alam

Ibn-e-Insha Room

B-10

Sher Kee Baatain

by Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Aao Sher Banain

by Kishwar

Naheed

Wri�ng Poetry is Fun

by

Shahid Siddiqui

Pashto poetry

by Raj Wali

Kha�ak

Moderated by Bushra

Shahab

Amir Khusro Room

B-9

Biloongra at the CLF: a mul�media experience of the Urdu/English biloongra series

by: Asad

Mian

Nani Jaan ki Kahani-

chotay

bachon

kay liye”

by Nadine Murtaza

Storytelling

by Khursheed

Hyder

Stories for Children

by Rumana Husain

B 5

Arabian Nights by Alif Laila

Arfa Karim

E-12

Gamifica�on and Learning

by Jugnoo

Tv

E-13

Ac�ve Ci�zenship Workshop

By Ac�ve Youth Organiza�on

Bhi�ai Library

E-9

The Magical Woods by Saman Shamsie

Discussant: Zainab Omar

Launch of 5th Edi�on of Uran Tashtaree

Editor: Amra Alam

Discussants: Huma Mirza, Dr Mohammad Ajmal Khan, Nargis Sultana

Layla aur Munni Gudia by Rumana Husain

Discussant: Haseena Moin

A Children’s History of Balochistan by

Hamida Khuhro

Discussants: Zobaida Jalal

and Ameena Saiyid

Bagh-e-Sheherezade

THE CITIZENS ARCHIVE OF PAKISTAN

‘Exchange for Change’ Exhibi�on

-

Cross border correspondence between Indian and Pakistani students

Kuch Khaas

Interac�ve Ac�vi�es with Children; Storytelling, Flash Mob and more

Mul�-sensory Stalls: Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi, School Assessment and School Improvement Program (SASI), Sabaq Founda�on, TeleTaleem, SE Group of Companies, Rozan, Sahil and Others

Gulgee

Mural Pain�ng

by Fauzia

Minallah

Po�ery Making

by Haji Habib-ur-Rehman, M. Ejaz Ullah Mughal, Niaz

Manto Room

C-3

Wisdom Tales for Children by

Abbas Husain

Curriculum & Textbooks–

Problems and Resolu�ons for 21st

Century

Panelists: Asad Karim, Ameena

Saiyid, Faisal Bari, Mehnaz Aziz,

Mr. Muhammad Jamil Bajwa

Moderator: Professor A H Nayyar

Promo�ng Libraries and Reading Through Innova�ons in Pakistan

Panelists: Dr Faheem Abbasi, Zehra

Zaidi,Yaminay Chaudhry,

Ammar Khalid, Saima Rehman Dogar

Moderator:

Basarat

Kazim

Ar�cle 25-A: Right to Educa�on-

From Access to Quality Learning For All-

Panelists: Baela Raza Jamil, Mosharraf

Ziadi, Nargis Sultana, Zehra Arshad, Saeed Ul

Hassan, Nadia Yaseen

Moderator: Zaynah

Gilani

Bol Kay

Lub Azad Hain Teray

Age Group: 5-11

Bol

Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 12-17

Bol

Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 5-11

Bol

Keh

Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 12-17

Dastaan

Sara’ay

C-16

ToffeeTV Kaahani Time

with

ToffeeTellers

-

Hamza Lari and Hira

Ilyas Bawahab.

Zambeel Drama�c Readings presents

Raja Kay Do Seeng

-

a story by Zara Mumtaz

Main aur Mera Pakistan

by

Adeel Hashmi

Interac�ve Music Session

by Khaled Anam

Adda Bill Gates

C-11

Reaching Out To Children Through Films

by Samar Minallah

Live Cartoons Presenta�ons

by Nigar

Nazar

Safety at Home and Safety on the road

by Azka Khan

Kitab Ghar

D-17

Timings

Bab-e-Sadequain-

Bano Qudsia

Faiz GharC-6

The Art of Book Making by Oxford University Press

PROGRAM: Children's Literature Festival - 03 MAY 2014Timings

Venue

09:30 –

10:30

10:45 –

11:45

12:00 –

01:00

01:15 –

02:15

02:30 –

03:30

4:00-

5:30

Koh-i-Simorgh

Puppet Show

by Farooq Qaiser

Interac�ve Music Session

by Khaled Anam

Ilm aur Taleem

by Taya Online Theatre Group

Amai; the Bird of Light

by Fauzia

Minallah

Live Cartoon Presenta�on

by Nigar

Nazar

Closing ceremony

What I liked at the CLF Islamabad –

Children and Teachers

Winning Glimpses of CLF

Awards for Best School Banners May 3, 2014

Keynote address by Nasim Zehra and Kishwar Naheed

Acknowledgements:

Ameena Saiyid

(OBE), Managing Director OUP

and co-founder of CLF,

Baela Raza Jamil, Director Programs ITA and Founder

of CLF

AUTAAQ

Book stalls

Bacha Bawarchi

(Area near food court)

Bacha

Bawarchi

by Laajverd

Iqbal Room

A-14

Crea�ve Wri�ng

by Amra

Alam

Storytelling

by

Sehar Tariq

Crea�ve Wri�ng

by

Rumana Husain

Friendships Across Border

By Chintan

Girish

Modi

Bi Putki, Thori Tara Mathey Chand

by Asif Farrukhi

and Neeli Chirya

by Farida Chaudhry

Discussant: Bushra Shahab

Bulleh Shah Room

B-8

When Nature Strikes and Qudra� Hadsey (Urdu Version)

by Patrice Khan and Lissa Lazaro

Discussant: Tayyaba Aquil

Protec�ng Our Culture, Literature & Language

Bakhtawar Shah from Kalash

in conversa�on with Baela Raza Jamil

“I belong to Harappa and Harappa belongs to me”

by Sheherazade

Alam

Children’s Literature & Theatre

In Balochistan

by

Ayub Baloch

A talk on Quaid-e-

Azam; my leader, my inspira�on

by Nasreen Iqbal

Ibn-e-Insha Room

B-10

Pashto Poetry

by Raj Wali Kha�ak

Moderated by Bushra Shahab

Sher Kee Baatain

by Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra

If I were King –

Drama�c Reading, Mime and Song

by

Shaheera Moin, Zayneb Moin, Shahrukh Mohiuddin, Zuha Ansari

and Sania Shahid

Amir Khusro Room

B-9

Storytelling

by

Sehar Tariq

Storytelling

by Khursheed

Hyder

Storytelling by

Taimur Rehman

Stories for children

by Rumana Husain

Storytelling

by

Amra Alam

Bab-e-Sadequain Arabian Nights by Alif Laila

Arfa Karim

E-12 Gamifica�on and Learning by Jugnoo Tv

Bano Qudsia

E-

13

Ac�ve Ci�zenship Workshop

by Ac�ve Youth Organiza�on

Bhi�ai

Library

E-9

Just like the other kids

(English and Urdu versions) By World Bank

Discussant:

Rubina Anjum

Simurgh and the Birds and Our Sheikh Saadi (Two �tles)

by

Fahmida Riaz

Discussant: Basarat Kazim

Amai and the Banyan Tree

by Fauzia Minallah

Discussant: Rumana Husain

Bano, Billo and Amai: The Paper Doll Book

By Fauzia Minallah

Discussant: Sheherazade Alam

Oxford Reading Treasures (15 �tles) OUP India

Tayyaba Aquil

Learning Maths Through Stories (& �tles)

EPH, Singapore

Discussant: Bushra Shahab

Rani and the Mela (Village Tales)

by Rumana Husain

Discussant: Khursheed Hyder

“Mohtrama Fa�ma Jinnah (Tasveeri Kahani Silsila)”

by Rumana Husain

Discussant: Ameena Saiyid

Bagh-e-Sheherezade

THE CITIZENS ARCHIVE OF PAKISTAN

‘Exchange for Change’ Exhibi�on

-

Cross border correspondence between Indian and Pakistani students

Kuch Khaas

Interac�ve Ac�vi�es with Children; Storytelling, Flash Mob and more

Mul�-sensory Stalls: Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi, School Assessment and School Improvement Program (SASI), Sabaq Founda�on, TeleTaleem, SE Group of Companies, Rozan, Sahil and Others

Gulgee

Mural Pain�ng

by Fauzia

Minallah

Po�ery Making

by Haji Habib-ur-Rehman, M. Ejaz Ullah Mughal, Niaz

Manto Room

C-3

Wri�ng History Books for Children

Hamida Khuhro in conversa�on with Ameena Saiyid

Brokering Peace, Tolerance and Citizenship in our Classrooms

Panelists: Chintan

Girish

Modi, Pervaiz

Hoodbhoy,

Ammar Khalid, Shafia Hanif

Moderator: Rumana Husain

Inclusive Educa�on -

Just like other kids...can we do it?

Panelists: Zobaida Jalal,

Rubina

Anjum, Rafique Tahir

Moderator: Fauzia

Minallah

A conversa�on on the role of media in

popularizing and unlocking the power of reading

Panelists:

Nasim

Zehra,

Mosharraf

Zaidi, Tahira Abdullah, Ameena

Saiyid,

Moderator:

Faisal Bari

Faiz

Ghar

C-6

Bol

Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 5-11

Bol Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 12-17

Bol

Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 5-11

Bol Kay Lub Azad Hain

Teray

Age Group: 12-17

Dastaan

Sara’ay

C-16

An I�nerant Observer: a mul�media experience of

crea�vity and learning

Asad

Mian

Taal pay: Rhythm, Movement and Improvisa�on

By: Nadine Murtaza

ToffeeTV

Kaahani Time

With

Toffee

Tellers -

Hamza Lari and Hira

Ilyas

Bawahab

Zambeel Drama�c Readings presents

Raja Kay Do Seeng –

a story by Zara Mumtaz

My favorite story

by Asad

Umar

Adda Bill Gates

C-11

Reaching Out to Children Through Films

by Samar Minallah

IQ Starter and IQ Genius

by Azka Khan

Kitab Ghar

D-17

The Art of Book Making by Oxford University Press