FIVE women from the district are to be part of a pioneering international project. They will join with five women from Pakistan to curate and deliver a weekend of digital literature festival events in November. ‘From Keighley To Karachi’ is part of a collaboration between Bradford Literature Festival and Adab Festival in Pakistan. It is backed by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund. Adab Festival was formed in 2019 to showcase Pakistan’s historically rich and diverse literature and cultures against a backdrop of “continuing challenges, stifled expression and stereotypes”. Organisers say From Keighley to Karachi will bring together women from diverse and disadvantaged communities, in Bradford district and across Pakistan, who face a range of barriers – from gender-based to economic.
BRADFORD’S creatives are set to break boundaries with “the brave, pioneering and struggling artists and writers” of Pakistan in a new international project. Tittled From Keighley To Karachi , the group of ten women - five from the district and five from Pakistan - will curate and deliver a weekend of digital literature festival events for public audiences in November. It is part of a collaboration between Bradford Literature Festival (BLF) and Adab Festival in Pakistan and backed by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund. Adaab Festival was formed in 2019 to showcase Pakistan’s historically rich and diverse literature and cultures in light of continuing challenges, stifled expression and stereotypes.