Sa‧dat, An‧war al- /səˈdæt, ˈænwɑː æl $ -wɑːr-/
(1918–81) the President of
Egypt from 1970 to 1981, who tried to bring peace between the Arabs and Israelis. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem
begin in 1978 and they signed the
Camp David agreement in the following year. He was murdered by
extremist Muslims who opposed his policy towards Israel.
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