In 2009, Mrs. Said published the critically acclaimed memoir, A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman, by her mother Wadad Makdisi Cortas.[1][2] Mrs. Said collaborated with Vanessa Redgrave to conceive and create a theatre production based on the memoir. The success of its premier at the Brighton Festival in 2012 led to a performance at the Miller Theatre in New York. In July 2015, the production will be seen at the Spoleto Festival in Italy.[1]