Mohammed Anwar Sadat did not come to power as a man of peace, but it was as a peacemaker of unprecedented boldness – and unprecedented courage – that the world will remember him. It was in the cause ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) meets with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at his summer retreat on December 13, 1973.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Politician Gamal Mubarak prays with Jehan al-Sadat, the widow of late former President Anwar al-Sadat, at his tomb ...

In 1969, President Anwar Sadat traveled to Rabat to attend the Islamic Conference summit, which was held in the aftermath of the Al-Aqsa Mosque fire. At the time, Sadat was the Vice President of Egypt ...

Egyptians have hardly noticed as the 30th anniversary of Anwar Sadat’s death approached this week. It isn’t only because they’re too busy with ongoing political protests and labor strikes as the ...

Now that President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and Egypt is preparing itself for a new leader, it seems a propitious moment to look back at The New Yorker’s coverage of the early years of Mubarak’s ...

Mr. Carter was a lifeline to stalled talks by mediating a summit at Camp David in 1978. By Vivek Shankar Long derided as naïve, even traitors, the bridge builders between Israelis and Palestinians ...

At 2pm on October 6, 1973, operation codename “Badr” began when two hundred Egyptian aircraft—under the command of General Hosni Mubarak—screamed low over the Suez Canal on their way to Israeli ...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, clasps hands with President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin after signing an Israel-Egypt peace treaty in 1979. (Frank Johnston) Spending a ...

CAIRO — Egypt’s Parliament on Monday expelled one of its few dissenting lawmakers, the scion of a storied political family, having accused him of leaking sensitive information to Western diplomats.

CAIRO, July 9 (Reuters) - Jehan Sadat, the widow of late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, has died at age 88, the presidency said on Friday. Sadat, who spent a decade as the country's first lady, was ...