Rida Said
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Dr Rida Said (1876-1945) is a Syrian
Eye Surgeon, who in 1922, founded the first University in Syria, today known as Damascus University that taught Medicine, Law and Sciences in Arabic. As a former Minister of Education, He played a major role in reforming the education system in Syria under the French Mandate. Dr Rida Said is best known as the father of Damascus University where he was the president of the university until 1936. His son is the prominent businessman Wafic Said
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Syrian people
The Syrian people are the inhabitants and citizens of Syria. Syrians are tied together by geography, linguistic heritage, religion, and similar Eastern Mediterranean ethnicities...
Eye Surgeon, who in 1922, founded the first University in Syria, today known as Damascus University that taught Medicine, Law and Sciences in Arabic. As a former Minister of Education, He played a major role in reforming the education system in Syria under the French Mandate. Dr Rida Said is best known as the father of Damascus University where he was the president of the university until 1936. His son is the prominent businessman Wafic Said
Wafic Saïd
Wafic Rida Saïd is a Syrian-Saudi Arabian businessman living in Monaco and Paris.-Personal life:Saïd married British born Ann Rosemary Thompson in 1969...
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