Said Sayed Bedair ( ar, سعيد السيد بدير; January 4, 1949 – July 14, 1989) was an
Egyptian
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scientist in
electrical
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,
electronic
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and
microwave engineering
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and a
colonel
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in the
Egyptian army. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees from the in Cairo. He obtained a PhD from the
University of Kent
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in UK. He worked as a researcher at the
University of Duisburg-Essen
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in Germany under the supervision of Prof. .
He died on July 14, 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt in unclear circumstances.
Personal life
Said's father is , an Egyptian writer, actor, and director. His stepmother is the singer and actress
Sharifa Fadel. He was married and had two sons.
Career
Bedair received the bachelor's degree (with first class honors) from the Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, in June 1972. He was the recipient of the first master's degree to be awarded by the Military Technical College, in July 1976. He worked in the Electronics Laboratories of the
University of Kent
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,
Canterbury
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...
, Kent, England from April 1978 to July 1982, where he received the PhD degree in July 1981. He was a member of the teaching staff of the Military Technical College from June 1972 to December 1982. He joined the
Egyptian Air Force
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīya), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces that is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all milit ...
in January 1983, where he was in the Department of Research and Technical Developments until July 1987. In August 1987, he became engaged in a research project related to the design and fabrication of various
monolithic microwave integrated devices (MMICs) at the Electrical Engineering Department at the
University of Duisburg-Essen
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, Germany. His experiences covered several aspects of electrical and electronic engineering.
His death
During his stay in his brother's apartment in
Camp Chezar in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
on July 14, 1989, he fell to his death from the balcony in unclear circumstances. His veins were found cut and a gas leak was detected in the apartment. It is unclear how Said Bedair died. Many Arabic and Egyptian sources claim that the assassination technique was planned to appear as a suicide and that he was assassinated by the Israeli
Mosaad. His wife negated the possibility that her husband would commit suicide.
See also
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List of unsolved deaths
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* The cause of death could not be officially determined.
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Ali Moustafa Mosharafa
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Sameera Moussa
Sameera Moussa () (March 3, 1917 – August 5, 1952) was the first female Egyptians, Egyptian nuclear physics, nuclear physicist. Sameera held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She hoped her work would one day lead to affordable medical treatment ...
References
External links
Said S. Bedair's publications on ResearchGate
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1949 births
1989 deaths
Alumni of the University of Kent
20th-century Egyptian engineers
Egyptian soldiers
People from Cairo Governorate
Unsolved deaths