Born to
Lebanese Jews and
Syrian Jews who had to emigrate from
Lebanon to
Canada due to
antisemitism, Saad studied
computer science in which he had a
DEUG from the
University of Paris-Sud, a BSc from
Concordia University, an MSc.A. from
McGill University and PhD from the University of Paris-Sud. His younger brother
Gad Saad is a
Lebanese-
Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist at the
John Molson School of Business. His nephew is
Ariel Helwani who is a Canadian
mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist. ==References==