Waheeda Naseem

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Waheeda Naseem
Born
Faheeda Naseem Begum

(1927-10-09)9 October 1927
Died28 October 1996(1996-10-28) (aged 69)
Education Osmania University
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Poet
  • Teacher
Years active1948–1996
Children3
Parent(s)Muhammad Fasiuddin (father)
Aziz-Un-Nisa (mother)
Relatives Shamim Ejaz (sister)
Ejaz Hussain Alvi (grandfather)

Waheeda Naseem, also known as Naseem, was a Pakistani novelist, poet, short story writer and fiction writer. [1]

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Early life

Waheeda was born on 9 October 1927 in Hyderabad at Telangana during British India. [2] She was the younger sister of Shamim Ejaz and her mother Aziz-Un-Nisa was a poet and writer and her grandfather Ejaz Hussain Alvi was also a poet and writer. She was encouraged by her mother and maternal grandfather to write. [1]

She completed her education from Osmania University and graduated with MSC in Botany in 1951. [1] [3]

Career

Waheeda started writing short stories from an early age after she was encouraged by her mother. [1] After finishing her studies then in 1952 her family migrated to Pakistan and settled at Karachi later she joined the education department and used to teach botany which was her profession later she became principal of Government College Science for Women at Nazimabad and later she retired in 1987. [4] She wrote 24 Urdu novels and short stories. [1]

Waheeda also wrote several dramas for Pakistan Television Corporation. [5] In 1972 she wrote Naag Muni a supernatural musical film based on her novel it had Waheed Murad, Rani and Sangeeta in lead roles the film was a silver jubilee hit at the box office. [6] [7]

She became popular because of her poetry and fiction stories. She wrote several books including Moji Naseem, Naat wa Salam, Marsiya Kakuri, Naag Mani, Raj Mahal, Rang Mahal and Deep. The most well known stories she wrote are Aurangabad, From Malik Anbar to Aurangzeb, Woman and Urdu Language, Shahan Hai Taj, Dastaan Dur Dastaan, Sahil Ki Tamnna, Gham Dil Kahe Na Jaye, Shabu Rani and Zakhum Hayat. [5]

Personal life

Waheeda was married and had three children and her elder sister Shamim Ejaz was a newscaster. [8] [9]

Death

Waheeda died on 28 October 1996 in Karachi, Pakistan and was buried at Model Colony graveyard in Karachi. [1]

Filmography

Writer

YearTitleNotes
1972 Naag Muni Writer

Television series

YearTitleNotes
2003Sahil Ki TamannaWriter [10]

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