Iwaz Sayeed (Mostly spelled as Awaz Sayeed) (1933-1995): He was a renowned Urdu short-story writer, dramatist, poet and humorist from Hyderabad. He has to his credit six books on modern short stories: Sai Ka Safar (1969), Teesra Mujasamma (1973), Raat Wala Ajnabi (1977), Kohe-Nida (1977), Benaam Mausamon Ka Nauha (1987) and Kuwaan Aadmi Aur Samandar (1993). Iwaz Sayeed was an Arab by descent. His father's name was Sayeed Bin Awaz Bin Jaber Bin Abdullah. He joined the Food Corporation of India in 1954 and got married to Kaneez Fatima in 1960. Awaz Sayeed has two children: Dr Ausaf Sayeed (b.1963), who is a senior Indian Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Dr Seema Nishat (b.1967), who is a leading Internist in Brookesville, USA. (Details on awazsayeed.com)