Wafic Rida Saïd is a businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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 in partnership with the Saïd Foundation, the scholarship allows two outstanding young people from the Middle East each year …
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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 deeply saddened that the new President of the United States has introduced orders temporarily banning refugees in general and …
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 given to those whose philanthropic support has had a transformational effect on the College. The Fellowship was awarded to …
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 Oxford University and the heads of several Oxford colleges, as well as current Rhodes and Said Scholars. Wafic Said …
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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 Foundations, making a fund of £8 million for the education of internally displaced and refugee Syrians. The total was …
On 23 April, Wafic Said hosted the Annual Dinner of the Said Foundation in honour of students, alumni and partners of the Said Foundation. He presented the Said Foundation Alumni Achievement award to Nadine Kaadan for her unique contribution to children’s literature and her promotion of Syrian culture and heritage (pictured below). Wafic Said stressed …
On 4 September 2015 the Telegraph published an article written by Wafic Said on the plight of the Syrian refugees. The full text is below: Britain must help these Syrian refugees, as it once helped me By Wafic Said Syria is the land of my birth. One night in 1963, after a military coup that …
The Said Foundation has pledged a further US$1.8m to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR to fund scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. This is in addition to the US$1.8m committed in 2014 and will support a second cohort of one hundred student scholarships. It will increase to two hundred the total number of …
