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being described as an arms dealer, a term that he rejects. In 2001 Saïd said that the deal '... brought a huge boost to
British industry: you are talking about thousands of jobs. But for some reason, which I cannot understand, the press want to portray this as a shady, mysterious deal ... Quite honestly, I thought I was doing this country a favour; I have never even sold a penknife. I was not paid a penny but I benefited because the project led to construction in Saudi Arabia that involved my companies.'
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for the university have seen him honoured with the
Sheldon Medal, the highest honour that Oxford bestows upon its benefactors. The Sheldon Medal is awarded annually to a member of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors that has 'made a strategic difference to the life of the university'. A bust of Saïd by
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Saïd had donated over £70 million to the school by 2014, and he is a member of the
University of Oxford's Chancellor's Court of Benefactors. The court consists of the largest individual donors to Oxford, and meets annually with senior officials from the university. Saïd's philanthropic efforts
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to found a business school. Saïd had agreed to donate the money after the university had voted in 1990 for the creation of a business school, and needed funds of £40 million. Opposition initially arose to the school due to the lack of a suitable site and the nature of management as an academic
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In a 2007 statement issued by Saïd on the al-Yamamah deal said that he had "...never been the 'business manager' for anybody, let alone any member of the Saudi Royal Family, nor has he ever 'distributed commissions' to any member of the Saudi Royal Family". Saïd's role in al-Yamamah has led to him
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In 1993 the
Foundation established the Child Development Programme (CDP) with the aim of supporting Jordanian, Lebanese and Palestinian community-based organisations to develop and deliver good quality and sustainable care services for disabled children and education in areas of greatest need. The
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that he could no longer bank with them, despite having been a long-standing customer; the BBC reported that "The bank is understood to be concerned about holding accounts that are linked to what are described as 'high-risk countries'". In response, Saïd said he would be taking legal action against
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In 1969, Saïd married
Rosemary Thompson, whom he had met in Switzerland, and they had three children together; two sons, Karim and Khaled, and a daughter, Rasha. In 1981, their son Karim died in an accident at the home of Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia. Saïd was attending a ceremony at the prince's
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Saïd was a significant donor to
Thatcher's Conservatives in the 1980s, donating at least £350,000 during her premiership. Saïd can no longer donate to British political parties due to his foreign citizenship. Saïd's wife, Rosemary, donated £580,000 to the Conservatives between 2012 and 2014, and
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Since 1984, the
Scholarships Programme has offered scholarships and training opportunities for talented young Syrians, Jordanians, Lebanese and Palestinians, mainly to study in the UK, to enable them to acquire skills that will bring benefits to others in their countries of origin. To date, the
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In 1992, Saïd won a unanimous verdict in a libel case in the
British high court, and was awarded £400,000 in damages. The case concerned letters that had been published alleging that Saïd was untrustworthy. Saïd described the letters as "humiliating and untrue", and that the allegations in the
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Due to the current turmoil in Syria, since late 2011 the Saïd
Foundation has been providing support for non-political organisations that are delivering emergency humanitarian assistance, including shelters, medical care and schooling, to Syrians most affected by the crisis, whether refugees in
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In 1996, the
Foundation established the first Disability Programme in Syria, opening an office in 2001 to directly implement the Programme. The office became a locally registered charity in Syria in 2012, the Saïd Foundation for Development. The programme worked to strengthen the professional
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Saïd moved to Saudi Arabia in 1969. Saudi Arabia lacked much modern infrastructure at the time, and large infrastructure projects were subsequently funded by the rising price of oil in the early 1970s. During this period of time, he founded and invested in companies that supported large-scale
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that 'We found we couldn't rely on British manufacturers any more. Then here she comes, this lioness. The honour of England is challenged in the Falklands and she sends an armada! She fights the most powerful union and defeats it.' and said that 'for me, her friendship is the biggest medal'.
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capacity of disability practitioners and organisations, raising awareness of disability, developing a cadre of national trainers in disability-related fields and supporting or providing services for children with disabilities (and their families), especially in marginalised communities.
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aircraft with Saudi Arabia. Saïd told Heseltine of his scepticism of the deal's success, and he was later approached by James Blyth, the Ministry of Defence's head of defence sales. Blyth asked Saïd about the progress of the deal and Prince Bandar reported from his father,
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Saïd's daughter, Rasha, was recorded as having given four donations totalling £47,000 to the Conservatives in 2008, but these were later explained as having come from her mother, after being incorrectly reported by the Conservatives to the
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Saïd lived in Syria until his early twenties, when he left for Switzerland and worked as a banker, before making his fortune in the Saudi Arabian construction industry in the 1970s. He came to public prominence after helping facilitate the
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under Said's racing colours. Saïd's Sagitta Asset Management sponsored the 1,000 and 2,000 Guinea Stakes, and having ended their sponsorship in 2003, Saïd withdrew his racing interests, citing his non-residence in England as the reason.
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had reported that she had asked her parents to donate to the party on her behalf, and that some of the money had come from them, but her father said that she was mistaken as she could not afford to make such a donation.
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discipline, and Saïd said that he would reconsider his gift after a potential site on a sports ground at Mansfield Road in Oxford was voted against. The new building for the school opened in August 2001, designed by
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and was summoned to see Bashar al-Assad in June 2011 as he wished to gauge Western views of the conflict. Saïd implored Assad to enact promised reforms and to engage with his political opponents. Saïd welcomed the
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newspaper wrote that from the proceeds of al-Yamamah ' Police later calculated that more than £6bn may have been distributed in corrupt commissions, via an array of agents and middlemen'. In June 2007, the BBC's
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Lebanon and Jordan or internally displaced within Syria itself. It has pledged over US$ 1.8 million to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for university scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
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with the French government instead of the British. Saïd informed Thatcher who impressed upon him the historic ties between Britain and Saudi Arabia, which appealed to the Pro-British Prince Bandar and Saïd.
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house at the time to receive Saudi citizenship by royal decree. To honour his son Saïd established the Karim Rida Saïd Foundation to help disadvantaged children and young people of the Middle East.
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between the British and Saudi governments in the 1980s. The al-Yamamah deal is the biggest export deal in British history and has generated £43 billion in revenue for the British company
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and would later become the Saudi defence minister. Princes Bandar and Khalid would later serve as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States and co-commander of Allied forces in the
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in 2014 in the presence of Saïd and his wife, Rosemary. Nelson Mandela visited the Saïd Business School at the invitation of Saïd in 2002, to open the lecture theatre named in his honour.
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as the intermediary between her and Prince Bandar with the assistance of Dick Evans. Aitken described a dinner party at his house in honour of
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with securing a place in Britain to study ophthalmology in 1992, and was acquainted with the Anglo-Syrian family of Assad's wife,
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at the University of Oxford in 1996 with an initial £20 million donation. Saïd owns several properties worldwide, including
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stands at the entrance to the Saïd Business School, it was one of the last works sculpted by Rizzello before his death in 2004.
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Saïd's father died when he was still a child, and after initial schooling by Jesuits in Beirut, Lebanon, Saïd studied at the
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alleged BAE Systems had paid Prince Bandar "hundreds of millions of pounds" in return for his role in the al-Yamamah deals.
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Sheldon Medal, University of Oxford; Grand Commandeur Ordre de Mérite du Cèdre of Lebanon and Ordre de Mérite of Morocco.
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in 2014. In 1995 Saïd co-founded Sagitta Asset Management, which handled his family's wealth and the assets of other
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dismisses the belief that Mark Thatcher was pivotal to the deal. Aitken emphasises the role of Margaret's husband,
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district, which when bought in 1992, was then the highest price paid for an apartment in the United Kingdom, and
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between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. He established the Saïd Foundation in 1982 and the
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from 1996 to 2018. Saïd also previously served as St Vincent and the Grenadines ambassador to the
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gave the completed house its award for the "best new building in the Classical tradition".
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1488:"Who sat with whom at the Conservative party fundraising dinner with an £11bn guest list"
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2253:"Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor | Sotheby's"
2125:"From a kebab shop to Oxford: unlikely rise of the fixer in the biggest ever arms deal"
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Saïd family trusts own two homes in the United Kingdom, a £10 million property in
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newspaper. In the United States, Saïd invested in the National Bank of Washington and
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who told him of his optimism that Britain would secure a large defence contract for
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In July 1996, it was announced that Saïd had donated £20 million to the
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2022:"Tories face investigation into donations from Syrian millionaire's family"
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has described Saïd as a 'key fixer' who 'helped broker' the deal, with the
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and wished for a secular government in Egypt modelled on that of Turkey's.
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and Jeremy Dixon. It was accompanied by protests over Saïd's role in the
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who was the Syrian Minister for Higher Education and who had founded the
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In the 1960s, Saïd became acquainted with the Saudi Arabian princes
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Steven Castle; Paul Routledge; Brian Cathcart (9 October 1994).
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in Oxfordshire. Tusmore Park is near Prince Bandar's 2,000 acre
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topped with gold in the grounds of Tusmore Park to honour the
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and Sean O'Neill. "Stately £30m home wins classic award.",
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Desmond Dearlove. "Will Oxford play the management game?",
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2152:"Our Leadership – Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology"
1347:"Wafic Saïd drops Barclays suit over cutting banking ties"
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describing Said as the 'fixer at the heart' of the deal.
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David Pallister, 'The man of substance in the shadows',
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Saïd's wealth was estimated at £1.5 billion by the
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Barclays. Those proceedings were settled by June 2016.
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in Damascus in 1926 under the request of the then King
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Frederick Forsyth's. "Spymaster trapped in the City."
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Caroline Merrell. "Fleming buys arms broker's fund",
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In March 2016, Saïd was told by British banking firm
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John O'Leary. "Oxford given £20m by Arab magnate.",
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2279:Richard Evans. "Wafic Said to sponsor Guineas",
1400:Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for.
699:Saïd was an executive producer of the 1987 film
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1877:"Recognising your gift – Oxford Thinking"
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2386:Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality
1703:Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality
1419:R. Randall Padfield (27 November 2007).
567:at which Saïd met the Defence Secretary
557:Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality
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2499:Saudi Arabian expatriates in Monaco
2383:Jonathan Aitken (14 October 2013).
1706:. A&C Black. pp. 427–438.
1588:Michael Robinson (5 October 2004).
1567:"Saudi prince 'received arms cash'"
652:Relationship with Margaret Thatcher
639:at the Saïd Business School, Oxford
460:in 2005. Saïd also invested in the
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2352:"Tycoon's 300-ton homage to Queen"
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1992:Georgia Graham (23 January 2014).
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997:Moore, Charles (14 January 2012).
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2020:Winnett, Robert (31 March 2009).
1198:Andrew Alderton (18 March 2001).
1168:Saïd Foundation – Mr Wafic R Saïd
2549:Syrian emigrants to Saudi Arabia
2389:. A&C Black. pp. 437–.
2350:Helen Davies (18 October 2012).
1964:Robert Winnett (31 March 2009).
1951:, London, 9 October 2004, pg. 51
1321:"Wafic Said shunned by Barclays"
454:ultra high-net-worth individuals
426:Following his acquaintance with
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2182:Carol Vogel (7 November 2000).
2113:, London, 17 March 1987, pg. 17
1402:"UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency"
1237:Brian Cathcart (21 July 1996).
1056:"Emeritus and Honorary Fellows"
890:Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
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2123:David Leigh & Rob Evans.
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1319:Jack, Simon (18 March 2016).
1045:, London, 22 May 1992, pg. 25
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458:Fleming Family & Partners
443:British Mediterranean Airways
292:St Vincent and the Grenadines
205:He is a Foundation Fellow of
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2494:Saudi Arabian businesspeople
2484:Saudi Arabian art collectors
1450:, London, 22 May 1992, pg. 3
1345:Arnold, Martin (June 2016).
779:September Festival, Pontoise
2295:"Wafic Said calls it a day"
2081:"BAE Files: Charles Powell"
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687:Saïd is close friends with
607:of the Saïd Business School
492:Saïd helped facilitate the
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735:Royal Shakespeare Company
441:Saïd owned almost 50% of
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1700:Jonathan Aitken (2013).
1096:"The road from Damascus"
999:"The road from Damascus"
823:owner, having owned the
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1830:. University of Oxford.
1730:, London, 17 July 1996.
1646:"BAE Files: Wafic Said"
1569:. BBC News. 7 June 2007
792:that had been made for
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725:in Paddington, London,
314:Relationship with Syria
265:1963 Syrian coup d'état
258:University of Cambridge
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1842:"Founding benefactors"
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450:Sunday Times Rich List
277:Kensington High Street
273:Middle Eastern cuisine
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2509:Saudi Arabian Muslims
2227:"Wallis' Jewels Sell"
1947:"Michael Rizzello.",
1771:"When worlds collide"
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622:Al-Yamamah arms deal
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471:Sunday Correspondent
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