Said S. Bedair

Said Sayed Bedair (; January 4, 1949 – July 14, 1989) was an Egyptian scientist in electrical, electronic and microwave engineering and a colonel in the Egyptian army. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees from the Egyptian Military Technical College in Cairo. He obtained a PhD from the University of Kent in UK. He worked as a researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen 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.

His death During his stay in his brother's apartment in Camp Chezar in 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 Mossad. His wife negated the possibility that her husband would commit suicide.