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 the School’s prestigious executive education programme. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities and 121 bedrooms, the Global Leadership Centre will bring leaders …
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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 in partnership with the Saïd Foundation, the scholarship allows two outstanding young people from the Middle East each year …
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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 deeply saddened that the new President of the United States has introduced orders temporarily banning refugees in general and …
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 given to those whose philanthropic support has had a transformational effect on the College. The Fellowship was awarded to …
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 Oxford University and the heads of several Oxford colleges, as well as current Rhodes and Said Scholars. Wafic Said …
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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 Foundations, making a fund of £8 million for the education of internally displaced and refugee Syrians. The total was …
Said Foundation Annual Dinner 2016
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 …
Plight of Syrian refugees – The Telegraph
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 …