Jehan Sadat

Jehan Sadat (Arabic: جيهان السادات, romanized: Jīhān as-Sādāt, pronounced [ʒeˈhæːn es.sæˈdæːt]; née Safwat Raouf; 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian human rights activist and the First Lady of Egypt, as the wife of Anwar Sadat, from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. As Egypt's first lady, she greatly influenced the reform of the country's civil rights legislation. Advance laws, referred to as the "Jehan Laws", have given women in Egypt a range of new rights, such as the right to child support and custody in the event of divorce.

Jehan Sadat
جيهان السادات
Jehan Sadat in 1981
First Lady of Egypt
In role
15 October 1970  6 October 1981
PresidentAnwar Sadat
Preceded byTahia Abdel Nasser
Succeeded bySuzanne Mubarak
Personal details
Born
Jehan Safwat Raouf

(1933-08-29)29 August 1933
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died9 July 2021(2021-07-09) (aged 87)
Cairo, Egypt
SpouseAnwar Sadat (m. 1949)
Children4
Parent(s)Safwat Raouf
Gladys Cotterill
Alma materCairo University
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