This is an autobiography by Jehan Sadat, widow of Anwar el Sadat, tracing her early life in Cairo where she had a middle-class Egyptian upbringing, to when she was 17 and fell in love with a divorced revolutionary. She recounts how she and Anwar Sedat overcame her parents' objections to their marriage and how she was soon the wife of a rising political leader who was an intimate of President Nasser. When the President died unexpectedly, Anwar Sedat succeeded him. Thus Jehan Sedat began her life as wife of a political leader and tells of how she was the first wife of a Muslim leader to have her picture in a newspaper, to travel alone outside her own country and to take up public causes. Her courageous achievements in a world dominated by men and strict cultural traditions included reforming the divorce laws, setting up co-operatives for peasant women, nursing wounded veterans from Egypt's wars with Israel and supporting her husband who was under continuous attack. Her story concludes with the events surrounding her husband's assassination by right-wing fundamentalists.

Woman of Egypt

Biographies & Memoirs

Sadat, Jehan

Community & Culture

Pocket

The widow of Anwar Sadat reviews her life, from her middle-class childhood in Cairo to her experiences after the assassination, and offers a view of the Islamic world

A Woman of Egypt

Simon&Schuster

The widow of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat presents a call for peace in the middle east that cites the example of her late husband, in a passionate report that outlines steps for diplomatic resolutions, denounces religious fanaticism, and challenges popular misconceptions about the Arab world.

My Hope for Peace

Historical

Free Press

From the former First Lady of Egypt, New York Times best-selling author, crusader for women's rights, and widow of the slain Nobel Peace Prize winner Anwar Sadat, comes a timely, clear-eyed examination of the defining issues of the Middle East.

Ich bin Eine Frau Aus Ägypten: Die Autobiographie Einer Aussergewöhnlichen Frau Unserer Zeit

Scherz Verlag

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

I B Tauris Academic

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