Madame Jehan Sadat, widow of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, and a global figure in her own right, is a long time political activist both in her country and the world. She is a teacher and a scholar who has worked for the eradication of world illiteracy. Mme. Sadat was responsible for the Egyptian Civil Rights Law, and has represented the Arab-African nations at The International Women's Conference in Mexico City. In addition, she has addressed The United Nations.

Mme. Sadat graduated at tile top of her class at Cairo University's Faculty of the Arts and was appointed Lecturer in Arabic literature there, thus realizing a life long ambition to become a teacher. She went on to receive her Ph.D. from Cairo University in 1986, and has been a visiting Professor at American University in Washington, D.C., the University of South Carolina and the University of Maryland. Her autobiography, "A Woman of Egypt," is Jehan Sadat's story, both personal and historical, from her early childhood and youth in Cairo to her controversial and tradition-breaking public life as the First Lady of Egypt.

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