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Wafic Rida Saïd is a businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chairman of the Saïd Foundation, a charity which works for a brighter future for children in need and talented young people from Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, and the founding benefactor of the Saïd Business School at Oxford University. He is also the founder of Saïd Holdings Limited, a privately-held international investment company.

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

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…

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Prestigious Oxford University offers scholarships to Arab students

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…

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Wafic Said opinion on US refugee ban in TIME

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…

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Wafic Said made Somerville Foundation Fellow

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…

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The Rhodes Scholarships in partnership with the Said Foundation

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…

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Hands Up for Syria Appeal

On 9 May 2016, a fundraising initiative by the Said and Asfari Foundations, the Hands Up for Syria Appeal, concluded with £4 million raised from generous donors. This amount was matched pound for pound by the…

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