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The moment has arrived. We are OPEN for 2025 submissions to the award! You will have an opportunity to be judged by this amazing trio: Sam J. Miller, Roshani Chokshi and Kristine Ong Muslim. Read the rules on our website: thesalamaward.com/award-rules-2/

So heart warming to see our girls reclaiming the streets of Lahore and dancing around. They deserve to not just exist but live… to the fullest. 👏❤️💃 Way to go Fatima Amjed & Baeyyet 🔥🔥

Vishakha Desai and Manan Ahmed, author of Disrupted City, at the LLF in New York, currently underway Asia Society NY #lahoreliteraryfestival #disruptedcity Columbia University

Soaring Stanzas: Mashallah Saif, Pakistan Youth Poet Laureate, Urdu Winner at the LLF in New York Asia Society NY #lahore #newyork #poetry #pakistan Government of Punjab UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Pakistan Embassy US

LLF 2019 coverage on Al Jazeera English #lahoreliteraryfestival aljazeera.com/amp/videos/201…

The Khanqaah comes to Bed-Stuy: Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami's Art, Legacy and Global Migration. This panel explores the profound contributions of Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami to the preservation and evolution of South Asian classical music 🎶 🇵🇰 🇺🇸 #lahorelitfest Asia Society NY

Last night’s Qawali concert, with Saami brothers, at the LLF in New York #asiasociety #lahoreliteraryfestival 🙌🏼

Our 7th edition in New York, co-presented with the Asia Society NY featured curated talks with dynamic figures from contemporary Pakistan 🇵🇰 celebrating music, art, poetry, food and more—all centred around the written word. #LLF2025 #lahoreliteraryfestival #lahore #newyork

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.'

Sunday edition of The New York Times carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes youtube.com/watch?v=HWhNnf…

So happy to see STEALING DAD out in the world. Seen here John Sandoe (Books) Thank you Corsair Books Little, Brown UK 🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡

An Israeli soldier aims a weapon at a Palestinian man sitting at a watermelon stand in the Old Askar refugee camp in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/hv5vor

Sofka Zinovieff, author of Stealing Dad, Feryal Gauhar, Rhonda Gosssen and French journalist Lucie Azema took part on a panel exploring how women characters are depicted in contemporary literature. Mahvish Ahmed chaired the session. #LLF2025 France in Pakistan 🇫🇷🇪🇺

LLF * British Council Pakistan @britishcouncilpakistan top three position holders for the LLF-British Council 2025 Folklore Creative Writing Prize:🏆 • Saad Ramzan (third) • Isbah Usman (second) • Shujaat Hussain (first)

2/2 Une belle cérémonie à la Résidence de l’Ambassadeur le 11 juin 2025, en présence de la famille du décoré et de figures du monde culturel pakistanais. 🇫🇷🇵🇰

1/2 🎖️ Nicolas Galey, Ambassador of France to Pakistan had the pleasure of presenting Razi Ahmed — Chairman of Alhamra Arts Council & founder of the Lahore Literary Festival — to the insignia of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters.

2/2 A beautiful ceremony at the Ambassador’s Residence on June 11 2025, in the presence of the awardee's family and prominent figures from Pakistan’s cultural scene. 🇫🇷🇵🇰

1/2 🎖️پاکستان میں فرانس کے سفیر نکولا گالے نے الحمرا آرٹس کونسل کے صدر اور لاہور لٹریری فیسٹیول کے بانی رضی احمد کو فرانس کا آرٹس اور لیٹرز کا تمغہ پیش کیا. Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

گیارہ جون دو ہزار پچیس کر سفیر کی رہائش گاہ پر ایک خوبصورت تقریب کے دوران تمغہ کے وصول کنندہ کے اہل خانہ اور پاکستانی ثقافتی دینا کی شخصیات کی موجودگی میں 🇫🇷🇵🇰

With the generous support of Emb. de España Islamabad/Emb. of Spain Islamabad 🇪🇸 in Islamabad, LLF annually features contemporary voices from Spain to engage in a continuing literary dialogue with Pakistani 🇵🇰 novelists, poets, scholars, filmmakers and artists. #LLF2025 #pakistan #spain #art #literature