Jehan Sadat

Overview

Jehan Sadat born Cairo, Egypt August 29, 1933. First lady of Egypt who encouraged peace with Israel, which won her husband a Nobel Prize; professor of comparative literature; PhD; poet; delegate to UN Women's conferences Copenhagen and Beijing’ first winner of Community of Christ Peace Award 1993.

Quotations

"I am dying to see peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the Syrians and the Lebanese so we can live as one family." (CNN, March 26, 2009; photo Wikipedia)