 These include "Zahrat al Madaen" (in Arabic زهرة المدائن) about Jerusalem, "Ghannaytou Makkah" (in Arabic غنّيتُ مكة ) about Mecca and "Saailiini ya Sham" (in Arabic سائليني يا شام ) about Damascus, "Ruddani ila biladi" (in Arabic ردني إلى بلادي ) about Lebanon and "Ummi ya malaki" (in Arabic أمي يا ملاكي ) about his mother.Said Akl wrote as a journalist in a number of publications, notably the Lebanese "Al-Jarida" newspaper and the weekly "Al-Sayyad" magazine.In the 1990s, Akl also wrote a front-page personal column in the Lebanese "As-Safir" newspaper