Last Friday, Egypt's former first lady Jehan Sadat died after a long illness. She was 87. The news in Egypt was vague, brief and prompt; President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi interrupted his biking trip ...

Sadat was a world traveler who dressed in British tailored suits and smoking jackets and usually was pictured puffing away on a pipe – as much of a trademark as jelly beans are for President Reagan.

Jehan Sadat, widow of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, the first Arab leader to reach a peace agreement with Israel, died July 9 in Egypt. She was 87.

On Oct. 6, 1981, assassins posing as soldiers opened fire on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as he watched a military victory parade to mark Egypt’s 1973 war with Israel. The assassination ...

A quarter-century after Anwar Sadat's historic trip of peace to Jerusalem, NPR's Bob Edwards examines the late Egyptian leader's legacy. Hear Sadat's 1977 speech to the Israeli parliament at NPR ...

Jehan Sadat, the widow of late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, has died at age 88, the presidency said on Friday.

Egyptians have hardly noticed as the 30th anniversary of Anwar Sadat’s death approached this week. It isn’t only because they’re too busy with ongoing political protests and labor strikes as ...

The sun-bleached portrait of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in military regalia that marks the entry to the city he built is testament to its brief flourishing and steady decline.

Gunmen abducted the 12-year-old grand-niece of the late Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, but released her nearly 24 hours later for 5m Egyptian pounds (£520,000) in ransom, security officials said ...

Forty years ago — on Nov. 19, 1977 — Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embarked on a groundbreaking visit to Jerusalem. The 1979 peace treaty he later signed with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem ...