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Jehan Sadat

Human rights activist and former First Lady of Egypt. · Egypt · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1933 to 2021 · aged 87

Jehan Sadat was an Egyptian human rights activist and the First Lady of Egypt, as the wife of Anwar Sadat, from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. As Egypt's first lady, she greatly influenced the reform of the country's civil rights legislation.

Jehan Sadat is read about 351 times a day, in 30 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 119 days, one point a day.

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2021Died9 July 20212001Pearl S. Buck AwardAward1997Theodor Haecker PriceAward1977Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward1933Born29 July 1933

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Awards

Pearl S. Buck Award2001
Theodor Haecker Price1997
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1977
Honorary Doctor of the Hofstra University
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Advance laws, referred to as the "Jehan Laws", have given women in Egypt a range of new rights, such as the right to child support and custody in the event of divorce.

Country
Egypt
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2021 · aged 87

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