[3] She studied arts, including apprenticing with the well-known artist Mahmoud Jalal.
Adonis has said in an interview that he "never publish[ed] anything without her looking at it; he described their marriage as a "deep intellectual friendship.
[3] Starting the following year, she published in the historic magazine Shi'r, initially under the pen name Khuzama Sabri and later under her own name.
[3] Topics of early interest for Said included the poetry of Nazik Al-Mala'ika, Fadwan Tuqan, Mohammad al-Maghut, Ounsi El Hage, and others.
"[3][5] The literary magazine Al Jadid reports that it is "one of the most important—and perhaps the most important—reference book on the Lebanese theater movement.