Ahmed Said (broadcaster) explained

Ahmed Said أحمد سعيد
Birth Date:	29 August 1925
Birth Place:	Cairo, Egypt
Death Place:	Cairo, Egypt
Nationality:	Egyptian
Occupation:	broadcaster, journalist
Employer:	Voice of the Arabs
Organization:	1953–1967

Ahmed Said (Arabic: أحمد سعيد; 29 August 1925^{[1] [2]} – 4 June 2018) was an Egyptian radio broadcaster. He was the first director and main announcer for Sawt al-Arab from its founding in 1953 until 1967.^[3] He was known for calling for Arab unity and the liberation of Palestine from “the sea to the (Jordan) river”^[4] and claims to have written the station's famous tag line of "Sawt al-Arab, calling to the Arab nation from the heart of Cairo." He died on 4 June 2018, aged 92.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: أحمد سعيد.. هنا صوت العرب.
2. Web site: بالفيديو.. وفاة مذيع النكسة في ذكراها. https://web.archive.org/web/20180607112521/http://www.alamsar-dostor.org/23347. dead. June 7, 2018.
3. News: الإذاعي الكبير أحمد سعيد أول رئيس لصوت العرب لـ"لوفد" : قناة الجزيرة تطبق سياسة الدمار في المنطقة العربية [The great broadcaster Ahmed Said, first president of Voice of the Arabs to Al-Wafd: "Al-Jazeera is carrying out a policy of destruction in the Arab region"]]. Radwan. Anis al-Wajoud. 27 August 2017. al-Wafd. 2018-04-26. 2017-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828205253/https://alwafd.org/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86/1623714-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9. dead.
4. News: The voice of the Arabs is speechless at 50. Labidi. Kamel. 2003-07-10. The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon. 2018-04-26.
5. Web site: Egypt's renowned Nasser-era broadcaster Ahmed Said dies at 93 - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online. english.ahram.org.eg.