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Mr and Mrs Wafic Saïd hosted the Said Foundation’s Annual Dinner on Saturday, 22 June at Drapers Hall in London. The night was a celebration of the work of the Foundation, its partners and scholars. Over…

Saïd Foundation Annual Dinner, 22 June 2019Read More

Said Business School’s naming founder, Wafic Said, today signed a Deed of Gift for £15m to support the redevelopment of Oxford’s Osney Power Station into the Global Leadership Centre, a new teaching and residential facility for…

Said Business School gifted £15m by Wafic Said for new world-class executive education centreRead More

Amman— The University of Oxford in England is opening its doors to talented Jordanian students through its latest call for applications for its Rhodes Scholarships for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine (SJLP). Launched in May 2016…

Prestigious Oxford University offers scholarships to Arab studentsRead More

The following opinion piece by Wafic Said appeared online in TIME on 31 January 2017: “As someone who came from Syria more than half a century ago to make a new life in Europe, I am…

Wafic Said opinion on US refugee ban in TIMERead More

On 13 June 2016, Oxford University’s Somerville College gave a dinner to celebrate its award to Wafic Said of a Foundation Fellowship.   A Foundation Fellowship is the highest honour that Somerville College can bestow and is…

Wafic Said made Somerville Foundation FellowRead More

On 31 May 2016, Wafic Said and the trustees of the Said Foundation celebrated a new partnership with the Rhodes Trust at a dinner at Rhodes House.  Also attending were trustees of Rhodes, the Vice-Chancellor of…

The Rhodes Scholarships in partnership with the Said FoundationRead More