The two-day Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) kicked off at Alhamra, The Mall, on Saturday. On the first day of the festival, thousands of people thronged Alhmara and attended the sessions of their interest. Some famous international personalities and literary bigwigs from Pakistan participated.
Emmy Award-winning British actor Riz Ahmed and Mohsin Hamid participated at the event and Shahid Zahid played the role of moderator on the occasion. With the Lahore Literary Festival in full swing at the Alhamra Arts Centre in Lahore, the presence of international icons such as Riz Ahmed and Reza Aslan has piqued the interests of many of its visitors.
While Aslan spoke at the panel titled ‘Beyond Extremism’ on Sunday, Riz took all the media attention on Saturday with his appearance on the panel titled ‘MC Activist’ with Mohsin Hamid.
“It’s like visiting an ex,” Riz said on his return to Pakistan after a sabbatical of 13 years. “The ex is looking good, has changed a lot. Maybe gotten some work done. It still plays a little hard to get. And can be a little bit schizophrenic.”
The actor-cum-rapper also performed his rap ‘Sour Times’ at the event.
