Abdulkadir Ahmed Said

Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (Somali: Cabdulkaadir Axmed Saciid, Arabic: عبد القادر أحمد سعيد‎) is a prominent Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor.

Biography

Said was born in 1953 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. In 1970, he began working for the Somali Film Agency as a photographer assigned to international relations and as a consultant for productions with other countries. Between 1984 and 1986, he served as Director of Programming on Somali television, and wrote and directed several training programs. Said also worked as assistant director on numerous film productions, including A Somali Dervish (1983); The Parching Winds of Somalia (1984); Riviera Somalia (1984), a program for the Italian public service broadcaster Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI); and A Man of Race (1987), produced by the LuceSaimon Film Institute.

While he has worked on many films in the past, Said is probably best known for his short films Geedka nolosha, which won the Prize of the City of Torino in the Best Film - International Short Film Competition category at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema in 1988, and La Conchiglia from 1992. In these two standout films, he artistically casts humans as the primary agents responsible for the destruction and depletion of the environment and its resources.

Ahmed Said

Ahmed Said, sometimes addressed by his nickname 'Okka', is an Egyptian football player currently playing for Smouha. He was selected as part of the Egyptian national team squad for the 2009 Confederations Cup under Hassan Shehata and participated in all of the 3 matches of the first round. He has also been selected as a regular part of the national team squad under new coach Bob Bradley, however his match appearances has been few.

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Ahmed Hassan Said

Ahmed Hassan Said is a prominent Egyptian businessman in the IT sector and has become a leading political figure as a result of the Arab Spring uprising and the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Said was at Tahrir Square since the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 started.

Said was one of the founders of the Free Egyptians Party (FEP). A party that was founded in April 2011 and is backed by leading business, political, and cultural leaders. FEP supports the principles of a liberal, democratic, and secular political order in post-Mubarak Egypt.

Said was the first President of FEP. He also played a key role in the creation of the Egyptian Bloc. He won a seat in the parliamentary election of 28–29 November 2011. Said participated in FEP's political rally of 9 October 2011 among the Maspero demonstrations that led to the massacre of many protesters. He was injured and hospitalized as a result of the military's action against the demonstrators. He was also key in forming the National Salvation Front and was its secretary-general July 2013 to January 2014 after Mohamed ElBaradei stepped down from being the coordinator-general of the Front.

Ahmed Said (cricketer)

Ahmed Said (born 15 April 1976) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Abbottabad cricket team.

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Abdulkadir Ahmed

Abdulkadir Ahmed (31 October 1940 – 1997) was a Nigerian businessman and civil servant who was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria between 1982 and 1993.

Background

Ahmed was born on 31 October 1940 in Jama'are, Bauchi State. He attended Barewa College, Zaria in 1955. He joined the New Nigerian Development Company in January, 1960. Ahmed studied at the University of Ife in 1961. He graduated from South West London College in 1972. Ahmed became Commissioner of Finance for Bauchi state (March 1976 - June 1977). He was appointed a Deputy Governor with the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1977.

Ahmed was a fellow of the Institute of Chartered and Certified Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

Governor of the Central Bank

Ahmed was appointed the Governor of the Bank on 27 June 1982 and retired on 30 September 1993. He held office for over 11 years during democratic government of Shehu Shagari and interim government of Ernest Shonekan, and the military regimes of Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida.