[1] During the 1930s she studied art in Paris, occasionally taking lessions from Amédée Ozenfant which she paid for by designing and selling fabrics.
[1][2] Similar exhibitions were held in England hosted by the Arts Council during 1949 and in 1952 at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London.
[3] Later works by Said were included in a joint English and Egyptian limited edition book, The Word & The Image.
[2][3] In 1960 she moved to Wiltshire and there, among other works, she produced the drawing Jo's Wild Wood which is now in the Tate collection.
[4][3] Said's early works were signed Anne Cobham and her daughter is the artist Safaya Salter.