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The Hyderabad Literature Festival (HLF) is an annual literary gathering organized by the Academy for Promotion of Art, Literature and Literacy (APAL) at the Sindh Museum in Qasimabad, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
The Hyderabad Literature Festival was first held in April 2016 at the Hyderabad Sports Club near Niaz Stadium Hyderabad for three days, from 15 to 17 April. [1]
The second event was held in 2017 from 6 to 8 January. [2]
A number of prominent public figures have participated in the event, including politicians Rasool Bux Palijo, Hamida Khuhro, and Sassui Palejo, journalist Wusatullah Khan, and writer Amar Jaleel, among others. [3] [4]
The third HLF was organized by APAL in collaboration with the Culture, Tourism and Antiquates Department and Information and Archives Department of Sindh. It was held from 17 to 19 January 2018. 30 sessions were conducted by renowned scholars, youth activists, and prominent personalities and rising youngsters. [5]
The event occurred from 11 to 13 January, 2019 for the fourth time. This time, talks surrounded around Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Manchar Lake and other issues related with tourism in Sindh. The session was concluded by the Sindh Provincial minister of education Syed Sardar Shah. [6]
The HLF takes place at the at the Sindh Museum in Qasimabad, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
It compromises of a number of sessions that aim at highlighting social issue of Sindh, Sindhi Culture, issues related with Sindhi language, developments in Sindhi literature. [7] Book stalls, film screenings, mushaira sessions and musical sessions of folk singers are also arranged during event. [8]
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Hyderabad is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the fifth largest in Pakistan.
Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the Sindh province of Pakistan. The historical homeland of Sindhis is bordered by the southeastern part of Balochistan, the Bahawalpur region of Punjab and the Kutch region of Gujarat. Having been isolated throughout history, unlike its neighbours, Sindhi culture has preserved its own uniqueness.
Hyderabad District, is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad. The district is the second most urbanized in Sindh, after Karachi, with 80% of its population residing in urban areas.
Mustafa Qureshi is a Pakistani film and television actor.
Qasimabad is a town/city in the western side of Hyderabad City in Sindh province of Pakistan.
Hyderābād City (Haidarābād), headquarters of the district of Sindh province of Pakistan traces its early history to Neroon, a Sindhi ruler of the area from whom the city derived its previous name, Neroon Kot. Its history dates back to medieval times, when Ganjo Takker, a nearby hilly tract, was used as a place of worship. Lying on the most northern hill of the Ganjo Takker ridge, just east of the river Indus, it is the third largest city in the province and the eighth largest in the country with an expanse over three hillocks part of the most northerly hills of the Ganjo Takker range, 32 miles east of the Indus with which it is connected by various routes leading to Gidu Bandar.
Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch was a Baloch research scholar, historian, sindhologist, educationist, linguist and writer. He predominantly wrote in Sindhi, but sometimes in Urdu, English, Persian and Arabic. He has been described as the "moving library" of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi, also known as Imdad Ali Kazi, was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founding father of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. He published works of Sindhi art, literature, mysticism, education, religion and history.
Sindhi Adabi Board is a government sponsored institution in Pakistan for the promotion of Sindhi literature. It was established in 1955 in Jamshoro, Sindh. It is under the Education Department of the Government of Sindh.
Hyderabad Literary Festival or HLF is a literary festival held in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is a 3-day annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. Every year has a guest nation, and an Indian language in focus.
Syed Murad Ali Shah is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and a member of the Sindh Assembly. It is his third term as Chief minister. Shah earlier held portfolios such as Minister of Irrigation of Sindh and Finance Minister of Sindh.
The Mayor of Hyderabad heads the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC), the local body which controls the Local Government system of Hyderabad. The longest-serving mayor of Hyderabad was Jamil Ahmed, who was elected twice to the office of mayor and served from 1962 to 1971. The current mayor of Hyderabad is Kashif Shoro who is a PPP MPA and the first mayor of Hyderabad of Sindhi descent.
Sindhi Cultural Day is a popular Sindhi cultural festival. It is celebrated with traditional enthusiasm to highlight the centuries-old rich culture of Sindh. The day is celebrated each year in the first week of December on the Sunday. It's widely celebrated all over Sindh, and amongst the Sindhi diaspora population around the world. Sindhis celebrate this day to demonstrate the peaceful identity of Sindhi culture and acquire the attention of the world towards their rich heritage.
The Insurgency in Sindh is a low-intensity insurgency waged by Sindhi Nationalists against the government of Pakistan. Sindhi nationalists want to create an independent state called Sindhudesh. However, this movement never gained support from the populace of urban Sindh.
Sindh Literature Festival is an annual international literary festival organized by Sindh Literary Foundation. It is one of the largest and fastest growing literary festival in Pakistan. SLF celebrates the power of words, culture, music, and the teachings of peace and tolerance. The purpose is to highlight that Sindh boasts rich and vibrant cultures and traditions and gives a different flavor to the province. It aims to provide a venue for established and emerging writers to meet with their readers and engage with fans. Literary and cultural traditions of the province are being celebrated at the three-day event.
Ishaq Samejo is Pakistani poet, writer and literary critic of Sindhi Language.
Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering is an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, Government of Sindh established for bringing Sindhi language at par with national and international languages in all computational process and Natural language processing.
Latif Award is given by Department of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, government of Sindh to the best researchers and singers of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai who made extraordinary work in Arts and Research field related with mystic poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sindhi language and Sindhi music. This award is a highest cultural decoration given by Government of Sindh. The award is given on Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai each year. Latif Award is a unique golden model of Tamboro, a stringed music instrument, which is said to be invented by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai himself.
Salma Laghari, better known as Amar Sindhu is a Pakistani author, poet, activist and academic.
Madad Ali Sindhi is a Pakistani writer columnist and journalist who belongs to Sindh a southern province of Pakistan. He is currently serving as the Federal Minister for Education, National Harmony, and Youth Affairs interim government.
