Former Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat laid to rest at military funeral

Former Egyptian first lady, Jehan Sadat, was laid to rest during a military funeral on Friday at the Unknown Soldier memorial in the capital Cairo, to be buried next to her husband, Egypt’s late President Anwar Sadat.

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President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leading state officials paid their respects at the official ceremony.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi (C) attends the funeral of the widow of late president Anwar al-Sadat, Jihan al-Sadat, as she buried next to her husband at the unknown soldier memorial, in Cairo on July 9, 2021. (AFP)

Sadat, who died earlier on Friday at the age of 88, spent a decade as the country’s first lady. She was born in 1933 and had four children following her marriage to Anwar Sadat in 1949.

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Following her husband’s assassination in 1981, Sadat went on to teach as well as write, having earned a doctorate in comparative literature from Cairo University.

Jehan Sadat, widow of Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, speaks at the New America Foundation in Washington on March 31, 2009. (AFP)

The presidency said in a statement Sadat would be posthumously awarded a national medal and have a Cairo highway named after her.

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