Sadat

American

[suh-daht, -dat] / səˈdɑt, -ˈdæt /

noun

Anwar el- 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.

Sadat British

/ səˈdæt /

noun

( Mohammed ) Anwar El (ˈænwɑː ɛl). 1918–81, Egyptian statesman: president of Egypt (1970–81); assassinated; Nobel peace prize jointly with Begin 1978

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Fatemeh Sadat Mosavi, who has grandparents and other family members in Iran, said Iranian people loved their country.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Sadat, who herself has been living in Germany since Taliban authorities retook power in 2021, said that trawling through locations outside Afghanistan was something she had been used to for a long time.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The film is set in the run up to the Taliban's seizure of power in 2021, which led Sadat herself to leave the country.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

More constructively, prediction error can be used to influence negotiations for peace—as Egypt’s Anwar Sadat did in 1977 by surprising Israelis with an offer to speak before the Knesset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

"I want to tell Sadat he should set up a recording studio inside the pyramids," he joked before the event.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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