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'''Syeda Saiyidain Hameed''' (born 1943) is an Indian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission of India]].<ref name="Member's Profile">{{cite web | url=http://planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/history/sshmdbody.htm | title=Member's Profile | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> She chaired the Steering Committee of the Commission on Health which reviewed the [[Health in India|National Health Policy]] of 2002, till the dissolution of the body in 2015, to be replaced by [[NITI Aayog]].<ref name="Binayak Sen in Planning Commission health panel">{{Cite newspaper | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/binayak-sen-in-planning-commission-health-panel-111051200136_1.html | title=Binayak Sen in Planning Commission health panel | journal=Business Standard India | date=12 May 2011 | accessdate=28 December 2015| last1=Reporter | first1=B. S. }}</ref>

Syeda Hameed is the founder trustee of the ''Women’s Initiative for Peace in South Asia'' (WIPSA) and the ''Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation''<ref name="Syeda Hameed on Book Chums">{{cite web | url=http://syedahameed.bookchums.com/ | title=Syeda Hameed on Book Chums | publisher=Book Chums | date=2015 | accessdate=29 December 2015}}</ref> and a former member of the [[National Commission for Women]] (1997–2000).<ref name="List of Members of the Commission since its inception">{{cite web | url=http://ncw.nic.in/commission/about-us/constitution/list-members-commission-its-inception | title=List of Members of the Commission since its inception | publisher=National Commission for Women | date=2015 | accessdate=29 December 2015}}</ref> She served the [[Maulana Azad National Urdu University]] (MANUU) as its chancellor, prior to the accession of Zafar Sareshwala, the incumbent chancellor of the university on 2 January 2015.<ref name="Gujarat businessman appointed Urdu university chancellor">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/gujarat-businessman-appointed-urdu-university-chancellor/story-ITLDbhzsKEkc5WvG5uujhJ.html | title=Gujarat businessman appointed Urdu university chancellor | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=4 January 2015 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to Indian society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Modern_School,_Delhi.jpg|thumb|[[Modern School, New Delhi]]-Alma mater]]
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed was born in 1943 in the Indian [[princely state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], the daughter of [[Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain]].<ref name="Book Summary">{{cite web | url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/Miniwebsite/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=1022&TB_iframe=true&width=570&height=390 | title=Book Summary | publisher=Harper Collins | date=2015 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], renowned filmmaker, was her uncle.<ref name="Member's Profile" /> After schooling at [[Modern School, New Delhi]],<ref name="Modern School (New Delhi)">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZNhHR1yfzAC&q=A+Dream+Turns+Seventy-five+%28With+Khushwant+Singh%29&pg=PR10 | title=Modern School (New Delhi) | publisher=Allied Publishers | date=2016 | accessdate=1 January 2016| isbn=9788170234999 }}</ref> her college education was at [[Miranda House, University of Delhi]] from where she passed BA (Hons) in 1963 and secured a master's degree (MA) from the [[University of Hawaii]] in 1965.<ref name="Syeda Hameed, alumnae of Miranda House">{{cite web | url=http://www.mirandahouse.ac.in/MirandaHouse/UserSpace/UserName/admin/DynamicFolder/2006-2007/Alumnae/AlumniBioProfile_Dr_Syeda_Hameed.html | title=Syeda Hameed, alumnae of Miranda House | publisher=Miranda House | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> Her career started as a lecturer at [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]], New Delhi; she worked there till 1967 and joined the [[University of Alberta]] to obtain a doctoral degree (PhD) in 1972 <ref name="Book Summary" /> She continued at Alberta for two more years, working at the university as a sessional lecturer. Her next move was as an executive assistant at the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, [[Government of Alberta]] in 1975 and was promoted in 1978 as the Director of Colleges and Universities at the Ministry.<ref name="Member's Profile" /> In 1967, she married S.M.A Hameed Professor of Labour Relations at Faculty of Business Administration and Commerce at University of Alberta.

Syeda Hameed returned to India in 1984.<ref name="Book Summary" /> Back in India, she continued her research activities, focusing on [[Sufism]] and the Muslim socio-political leaders. Her first assignment was with the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR), working on [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]] and [[Sufism]] from 1987 to 1991. She continued her research on Azad at [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]] from 1994–1997.<ref name="Member's Profile" /> In 1997, she was appointed as a member of the [[National Commission for Women]], a statutory body under the Government of India on all matters related to women's rights in the country, and served the commission till 2000.<ref name="List of Members of the Commission since its inception" /> During this time, she was also involved in writing articles on Islam, Muslim women, literature and film.

The new Millennium saw Hameed getting involved with several social activities which led to the establishment of a number of organizations. She was one of two women who founded the ''Muslim Women’s Forum'' (MWF)<ref name="Leadership camps for Muslim women ">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040421/nation.htm#10 | title=Leadership camps for Muslim women | publisher=Tribune India | date=20 April 2004 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> with the objective of giving women a voice in all matters concerning their lives. The Forum interacted with Ulemas on matters of Muslim Personal Law such as Polygamy, triple talaq and inheritance. She founded Women’s Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) with Mohini Giri and Normal Deshpande. She was a member of the WIPSA delegation who visited Pakistan in the wake of the Kargil War in 1999. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="Deprived Devis: Women's Unequal Status in Society">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cl2kG0R0WjwC&q=Women%E2%80%99s+Initiative+for+Peace+in+South+Asia+%28WIPSA%29+syeda+hameed&pg=PA273 | title=Deprived Devis: Women's Unequal Status in Society | author=V. Mohini Giri|authorlink=V. Mohini Giri | year=2006 | pages=273 of 362 | isbn=9788121208567}}</ref> When ''South Asians for Human Rights'' (SAHR) was formed in July 2000, she was one of its founder members.<ref name="Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation">{{cite web | url=http://www.zaheersciencefoundation.com/the-governing-council/dr-syeda-hameed | title=Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation | publisher=Zaheer Science Foundation | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> The ''Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation'' (CDR), an organization working for peace through dialogue and discourse,<ref name="Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation ">{{cite web | url=http://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/kashmir/peacebuilding-organisations/cdr/ | title=Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation | publisher=Insight on Conflict | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> was also founded with Hameed's participation.<ref name="Syeda Saiyidain Hameed on Harper Collins">{{cite web | url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/author.asp?Author_Code=1040 | title=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed on Harper Collins | publisher=Harper Collins | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref>
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh administering the oath of office as Member Planning Commission to Dr. Syeda Hameed, in New Delhi on July 27, 2009.jpg|thumb|The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh administering the oath of office as Member Planning Commission to Dr. Syeda Hameed, in New Delhi on July 27, 2009]]
In July 2004, Hameed was appointed as a member of the [[Planning Commission of India]] when [[Manmohan Singh]] became the Prime Minister of India.<ref name="Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation" /> As a Member of Planning Commission, she had responsibility for Health, Women and Children, Voluntary Sector, Minorities, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. It was during this time, she was appointed as a member of the Island Development Authority (IDA), Government of India agency under the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], for the development of the Indian islands of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] and [[Lakshadweep]].<ref name="Member's Profile" />

She served the apex planning body for one decade. She was Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), [[Hyderabad]]<ref name="Events and activities">{{cite web | url=http://www.manuu.ac.in/centerforurdu_events.php | title=Events and activities | publisher=Maulana Azad National Urdu University | date=2015 | access-date=30 December 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025730/http://www.manuu.ac.in/centerforurdu_events.php | archive-date=29 November 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> a post she held till January 2015.<ref name="Gujarat businessman appointed Urdu university chancellor" /> She is a member of the Global Board of Directors of [[The Hunger Project]],<ref name="Global Board Member">{{cite web | url=http://www.thp.org/staff/hameed/ | title=Global Board Member | publisher=The Hunger Project | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> a member of its jury panel for ''Sarojini Naidu Prize for Journalism'',<ref name="Climate Change Action profile" /> and sits in the Governing Council of the ''Zaheer Science Foundation'', a [[non governmental organization]] promoting scientific research and educational reform, in association with the [[Union government of India|Union Government]].<ref name="Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation" /> She has served as a member of the ''National Council for promotion of Urdu Language'' as well as the Urdu Academies of Delhi and Haryana.<ref name="Climate Change Action profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.climatechangeaction.in/who-is-who/syeda-saiyidain-hameed | title=Climate Change Action profile | publisher=Climate Change Action | date=2015 | accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> She was associated with Government of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] as an honorary member of its Women's Empowerment Committee.<ref name="Climate Change Action profile" /> She is a former Trustee of Navsarjan and Olakh, Indo-Global Social Service Society, Indian Social Institute, India Habitat Centre, and Oxfam (India) and former chair of the Governing Body of Dalit Foundation and Lady Irwin College. Presently, she sits on the Boards of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, ''Janvikas'', and ''Sahr Waru-Women's Action and Resource Unit'', Population Foundation of India, Swami Shradhanand Memorial Institute, Centre for Women's Development Studies, and Action Aid (India) and Global Trustee of South Asia Foundation (SAF). She chairs the ''National Foundation of India'', Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Memorial Trust, Faiz Centre (India) and also co-chairs Hali Panipati Trust.,<ref name="Member's Profile" /><ref name="Climate Change Action profile" /> ActionAid India

Syeda Hameed has been involved in the social issues,{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} especially related to women and was active in the wake of the [[2012 Delhi gang rape]] where a young paramedical student was gang raped by a six-member group which included a juvenile.<ref name="NFIW Joint Dharna for 33% Women’s Reservation Bill">{{cite web | url=http://www.communistparty.in/2013/11/nfiw-joint-dharna-for-33-womens.html | title=NFIW Joint Dharna for 33% Women's Reservation Bill | publisher=Communist Party of India web site | date=25 November 2013 | accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref> She has also delivered several keynote addresses<ref name="Confirmed Speakers">{{cite web | url=https://www.irma.ac.in/institute/doc/Speakers.pdf | title=Confirmed Speakers | publisher=[[Institute of Rural Management Anand]] | date=2016 | accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref> and has presented papers in many conferences; her presentation at the 1991 International Seminar on Sufism of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], New Delhi has been published by the ICCR as a book under the title, ''Contemporary Relevance of Sufism''.<ref name="Contemporary Relevance of Sufism">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glDYAAAAMAAJ | title=Contemporary Relevance of Sufism | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1993 | pages=350 | isbn=9788185434056}}</ref>

The Al-Ameen Educational Society, a [[Bengaluru]]-based educational society, awarded Hameed their ''Al-Ameen All India Community Leadership Award'' in 2006.<ref name="Member's Profile" /> The Government of India included her in the 2007 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list for the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> She received the Karmaveer Puraskaar of the Indian Confederation of NGOs (iCONGO) the next year.<ref name="Karmaveer Puraskar">{{cite web | url=http://www.merinews.com/article/karmaveer-puraskaar-2008-presented/151171.shtml | title=Karmaveer Puraskar | publisher=Merri News | date=2 December 2008 | accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> She is also a recipient of the third ''Bi Amma Award'' of the Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Academy, for the year 2012.<ref name="Bi Amma Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.jauharacademy.org/awards.html | title=Bi Amma Award | publisher=Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref>

== Literary career ==
[[File:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg|thumb|[[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]].]]
Hameed's first book, ''The Quilt and Other Stories'', was a short story anthology by [[Ismat Chughtai]], translated from [[Urdu]] language.<ref name="The Quilt and Other Stories">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7NstgAACAAJ&q=%22The+Quilt+and+Other+Stories%22 | title=The Quilt and Other Stories | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda S. Hameed | year=1986 | pages=224 | isbn=9780195776416}}</ref> Her research, after her return from Canada in 1984, on the Muslim social leaders of the Indian subcontinent as well as [[Sufism]] returned several books, all published in the 1990s. The first of the series was a 1990 book on [[Abul Kalam Azad]], titled ''India's Maulana Abul Kalam Azad'', a treatise on the life of the [[Indian freedom movement]] leader and the first Education Minister of the Independent India.<ref name="India's Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNAAAAAMAAJ | title=India's Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1990 | pages=609 | isbn=9788185434025}}</ref> This was followed by a translation of ''The Rubaiyat of Sarmad'',<ref name="The Rubaiyat of Sarmad">{{cite book | url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190017-the-rubaiyat-of-sarmad | title=The Rubaiyat of Sarmad | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1991 | pages=93}}</ref> a commentary on Muslims in India, ''Al Hilal and Nai Roshini: Two Attempts to Integrate Muslims Into Indian Policy'',<ref name="Al Hilal and Nai Roshini: Two Attempts to Integrate Muslims Into Indian Policy">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUCxPgAACAAJ | title=Al Hilal and Nai Roshini: Two Attempts to Integrate Muslims Into Indian Policy | publisher=Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1993 | pages=43}}</ref> and a study on [[Sufism]], ''Impact of Sufism on Indian Society''.<ref name="Impact of Sufism on Indian Society">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L24nQEACAAJ | title=Impact of Sufism on Indian Society | publisher=Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1996 | pages=47}}</ref> During this period, she also co-authored a book with [[Khushwant Singh]], on her alma mater, [[Modern School, New Delhi]], in 1995.<ref name="A Dream turns Seventy Five">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/Dream-turns-Seventy-Five-Khushwant-Singh/725367101/bd | title=A Dream turns Seventy Five | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Khushwant Singh, Syeda Hameed | year=1997 | isbn=9788170234999}}</ref> Her next book was also on Abul Kalam Azad, ''Islamic Seal on India's Independence: Abul Kalam Azad-a Fresh Look'', published by Oxford University Press,<ref name="Islamic Seal on India's Independence: Abul Kalam Azad--a Fresh Look">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vd7XAAAAMAAJ | title=Islamic Seal on India's Independence: Abul Kalam Azad--a Fresh Look | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1998 | pages=303 | isbn=9780195778151}}</ref> which preceded ''Dr. Zakir Husain: Teacher Who Became President'', a book edited by Hameed, on the renowned educationist and the first [[President of India]].<ref name="Dr. Zakir Husain: Teacher Who Became President">{{cite book | url=https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/503167 | title=Dr. Zakir Husain: Teacher Who Became President | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2000 | pages=433 | isbn=978-8124106006}}</ref>

In the wake of the [[2002 Gujarat riots]], Hameed compiled the statements of several of the affected people and released a small book, ''How Has the Gujarat Massacre Affected Minority Women?: The Survivors Speak'', which she published by herself.<ref name="How Has the Gujarat Massacre Affected Minority Women?: The Survivors Speak">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJHaAAAAMAAJ | title=How Has the Gujarat Massacre Affected Minority Women?: The Survivors Speak | publisher=Syeda Hameed | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2002 | pages=60}}</ref> The next year she published her translation of ''Hali's Musaddas'',<ref name="Hali's Musaddas – A Story in Verse of the Ebb and Tide of Islam">{{cite book | url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=1022 | title=Hali's Musaddas – A Story in Verse of the Ebb and Tide of Islam | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2003 | pages=241 | isbn=9788172234768}}</ref> the 1879 epic of [[Altaf Hussain Hali|Maulana Altaf Husain Hali]], a text of Muslim thoughts consisting of 294 six-line cantos, considered by many as an important work on the national identity of Muslims.<ref name="Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity, 1857–1947">{{cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/constructing-pakistan-9780195478112?cc=ae&lang=en& | title=Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity, 1857–1947 | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Masood Ashraf Raja | year=2010 | isbn=9780195478112}}</ref> The same year, she also published another work, ''My Voice Shall be Heard: Muslim Women in India''.<ref name="My Voice Shall be Heard: Muslim Women in India 2003">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AF4IaAEACAAJ | title=My Voice Shall be Heard: Muslim Women in India 2003 | publisher=Muslim Women's Forum | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2003 | pages=112 | oclc=865581668}}</ref> Her next attempt was based on her experiences as a member of the [[National Commission for Women]], when she came across several victims of gender abuse; She compiled the real life stories of 12 of those women and documented their lives in her 2006 work, ''They Hang: 12 Women in My Portrait Gallery''.<ref name="They Hang: 12 Women in My Portrait Gallery">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4PaAAAAMAAJ | title=They Hang: 12 Women in My Portrait Gallery | publisher=Women Unlimited | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2006 | pages=183 | isbn=9788188965267}}</ref> ''Beautiful Country: Stories From Another India'', published in 2012, co-authored by Gunjan Veda and which had foreword by [[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]], narrates the story of the travels of a woman and her young companion through Northern India and their encounters with various people of the land.<ref name="Beautiful Country: Stories From Another India">{{cite book | url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=3178 | title=Beautiful Country: Stories From Another India | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Gunjan Veda | year=2012 | pages=402 | isbn=9789350291306}}</ref> She has written four books on [[Abul Kalam Azad]] and ''Maulana Azad, Islam and the Indian National Movement'', a 2014 publication and the latest one among them,<ref name="Maulana Azad, Islam and the Indian National Movement">{{cite book | title=Maulana Azad, Islam and the Indian National Movement | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2014 | pages=325 | isbn=9780199450466}}</ref> has received critical reviews.<ref name="Maulana Azad's tragic contradictions">{{Cite newspaper | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/maulana-azad-s-tragic-contradictions-114013001358_1.html | title=Maulana Azad's tragic contradictions | journal=Business Standard India | date=30 January 2014 | accessdate=1 January 2016| last1=Bhambhri | first1=C. P. }}</ref>

Syeda Hameed's report, ''Voice of the Voiceless: Status of Muslim Women in India'', published in 2000 in her capacity as a member of the National Commission for Women, is a document of her researches on the problems faced by minority women in India.<ref name="Status of Muslim Women in India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARWwkc0dMH0C&q=%22Voice+of+the+Voiceless%3A+Status+of+Muslim+Women+in+India%22&pg=PA14 | title=Status of Muslim Women in India | publisher=Aakar Books | author=Hajira Kumar | year=2002 | pages=14 of 127| isbn=9788187879039 }}</ref> Her activities under the aegis of the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) carried her on two road trips for brokering peace among the Muslim women of the Indian subcontinent and her experiences are recorded in two booklets, ''Journey For Peace: Women’s Bus of Peace from Delhi to Lahore''<ref name="From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WsfrKwtFtAC&q=%22Journey+For+Peace:+Women%E2%80%99s+Bus+of+Peace+from+Delhi+to+Lahore%22 | title=From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis | publisher=Zed Books | author=Cynthia Cockburn | year=2007 | pages=275 of 286 | isbn=9781842778210}}</ref> and ''Shanti Parasmoni: Women’s Bus of Peace from Kolkata to Dhaka'', both published by WIPSA in 2000 and 2003 respectively.<ref name="Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation" /> Her translations include ''Parwaaz: A Selection of Urdu Short Stories by Women'', a short story anthology of Ṣug̲ẖra Mahdi,<ref name="Parwaaz: A Selection of Urdu Short Stories by Women">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3l0AAAAIAAJ | title=Parwaaz: A Selection of Urdu Short Stories by Women | publisher=Kali for Women | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1996 | pages=134 | isbn=9788185107400}}</ref> ''Letters from Prison'' of Mohammad Yunus and ''Facts Are Facts: The Untold Story Of India's Partition'' of [[Khan Abdul Wali Khan]].<ref name="Member's Profile" /> She has also written articles on social issues in periodicals<ref name="There’s Just No Defending Marital Rape">{{cite journal | url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/23286/my-view-syeda-hameed-theres-just-no-defending-marital-rape/ | title=There's Just No Defending Marital Rape | author=Syeda Hameed | journal=The Better India | date=May 2015}}</ref> and the [[Indian Express]] carried her column for a period.<ref name="Each to her own">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/columnist/syedasaiyidainhameed/ | title=Each to her own | publisher=Indian Express Archive | date=2016 | accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref> She is reported to be working on two books: ''Suneihri Rait'', an autobiographical work and ''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]: Protagonist of Greek Tragedy'', a book on the former Pakistan president and the founder of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref name="Member's Profile" /><ref name="Dr. Syeda Hameed - Zaheer Science Foundation" />

== Personal life ==
Syeda Hameed was married to S. M. A. Hameed, a professor of Business Studies at the [[University of Alberta]], whom she met during her years at the university.<ref name="Hali's Musaddas – A Story in Verse of the Ebb and Tide of Islam" /> Hameed couple has three children, two sons followed by a daughter.

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | title=The Quilt and Other Stories | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1986 | pages=224 | isbn=9780195776416}}
* {{cite book | title=India's Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1990 | pages=609 | isbn=9788185434025}}
* {{cite book | title=The Rubaiyat of Sarmad | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1991 | pages=93}}
* {{cite book | title=Al Hilal and Nai Roshini: Two Attempts to Integrate Muslims Into Indian Policy | publisher=Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1993 | pages=43}}
* {{cite book | title=Contemporary Relevance of Sufism | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1993 | pages=350 | isbn=9788185434056}}
* {{cite book | title=Impact of Sufism on Indian Society | publisher=Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1996 | pages=47}}
* {{cite book | title=Parwaaz: A Selection of Urdu Short Stories by Women | publisher=Kali for Women | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1996 | pages=134 | isbn=9788185107400}}
* {{cite book | title=A Dream turns Seventy Five | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Khushwant Singh, Syeda Hameed | year=1997 | isbn=9788170234999}}
* {{cite book | title=Islamic Seal on India's Independence: Abul Kalam Azad--a Fresh Look | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=1998 | pages=303 | isbn=9780195778151}}
* {{cite book | title=Dr. Zakir Husain: Teacher Who Became President | publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2000 | pages=433 | isbn=978-8124106006}}
* {{cite book | title=How Has the Gujarat Massacre Affected Minority Women?: The Survivors Speak | publisher=Syeda Hameed | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2002 | pages=60}}
* {{cite book | title=Hali's Musaddas – A Story in Verse of the Ebb and Tide of Islam | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2003 | pages=241 | isbn=9788172234768}}
* {{cite book | title=My Voice Shall be Heard: Muslim Women in India 2003 | publisher=Muslim Women's Forum | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2003 | pages=112 | oclc=865581668}}
* {{cite book | title=They Hang: 12 Women in My Portrait Gallery | publisher=Women Unlimited | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2006 | pages=183 | isbn=9788188965267}}
* {{cite book | title=Beautiful Country: Stories From Another India | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Gunjan Veda | year=2012 | pages=402 | isbn=9789350291306}}
* {{cite book | title=Maulana Azad, Islam and the Indian National Movement | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | year=2014 | pages=325 | isbn=9780199450466}}
° Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Zakia Saiyidain Zaheer (2015). kg Saiyidain, A Life in Education.MacMillan. {{ISBN|9789382616269}}
° Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Iffat Fatima (2015). Bread Beauty Revolution: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1914-1987. [[Tulika Books]]. {{ISBN|9789382381426}}
° Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Zakia Zaheer (2016). Gold Dust of Begum Sultans. Rupa Publications India Pvt.Ltd and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. {{ISBN|9788129140241}}
° Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (2016). Shahkar-e Adab

== See also ==
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* [[Abul Kalam Azad]]
* [[Maulana Azad National Urdu University]]
* [[National Commission for Women]]
* [[Miranda House, University of Delhi]]
* [[The Hunger Project]]
* [[Modern School, New Delhi]]
* [[Khwaja Abdullah Ansari]]
* [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]
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==Bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | url=http://newsblaze.in/india/global-woman-activist-advocates-call-peace_2308 | title=A Woman, Activist And Advocate's Call For Peace | author=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | journal=News Blaze | date=September 2015}}
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/23286/my-view-syeda-hameed-theres-just-no-defending-marital-rape/ | title=There's Just No Defending Marital Rape | author=Syeda Hameed | journal=The Better India | date=May 2015}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.syedahameed.com Official Website]
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMs5ZxqtTE | title=Dr (Ms) Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (Member, Planning Commission) | publisher=Jamea Tul Hidaya | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=9 February 2014 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3uLrjsLbEE | title=Public-Private and people's partnership needed in India's healthcare: Dr Syeda Hameed- I | publisher=Zee News | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 September 2013 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5kXAWpYh3k | title=Public-Private and people's partnership needed in India's healthcare: Dr Syeda Hameed- II | publisher=Zee News | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 September 2013 | accessdate=28 December 2015}}

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