Jehan Sadat
human rights activist and First Lady of Egypt.
Jehan Sadat[1] (Arabic: جيهان السادات, Jihān as-Sadāt;[2] 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian politician, researcher and feminist. She was the First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981.
Jehan Sadat | |
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First Lady of Egypt | |
In role October 15, 1970 – October 6, 1981 | |
President | Anwar Sadat |
Preceded by | Tahia Kazem |
Succeeded by | Suzanne Mubarak |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 August 1933 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
Died | 9 July 2021 Egypt | (aged 87)
Spouse(s) | Anwar Sadat |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Cairo University |
Sadat died on 9 July 2021, at the age of 87 from cancer in Egypt.[3]
References
change- ↑ Jehan Sadat, Ph.D. Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine official website.
- ↑ Zhīhān al-Sadāt : al-marʼah allatī ḥakamat Miṣr! WorldCat entry.
- ↑ "Jehan Sadat, Widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Dies at 87". The Los Angeles Times. 9 July 2021.
Other websites
change- Biography at the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland
- Biography at Women's International Center
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Jehan Sadat on IMDb
- Thirty years later, Sadat's widow still hopes for peace, CNN, 26 March 2009