11/4/2009

Sadat's widow to speak on vision for Middle East peace at Baker Institute Nov. 12

BY FRANZ BROTZEN
Rice News staff

When Egyptian President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, his wife, Jehan Sadat, devoted her life to continuing her husband’s mission of peace in the Middle East. She maintains his legacy through her writings and public appearances and as the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. On Nov. 12, she will deliver a lecture titled "My Hope for Peace" at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.


	JEHAN SADAT

The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in Baker Hall's Kelly International Conference Facility.

Sadat is an author, educator, lecturer and activist for women, children and worldwide peace. She delivers a timeless message of hope, love and peace that transcends gender, culture and age in her new book, "My Hope for Peace."

Her achievements as Egypt’s first lady include the reform of Egypt’s personal status laws as well as the establishment of Wafa ‘Wal Amal, the first and largest rehabilitation center in the Middle East; SOS Children's Villages for the orphans of Egypt; the Talla Society, a cooperative for poor village women; hospice care; and educational opportunities for the disabled.

Sadat earned her master’s and doctorate degrees with honors from Cairo University. She has received more than 25 honorary degrees, as well as numerous other international awards and honors. She is a published poet and is also the author of "A Woman of Egypt."

Rice faculty, staff and students who want to attend must RSVP by e-mail (bipprsvp@rice.edu), by fax (713-348-5993) or on the Web at http://www.bakerinstitute.org/events/my-hope-for-peace.