pseudonym. Her second memoir, My Hope for Peace, was released in March 2009. Jehan Sadat died on 9 July 2021, at the age of 87. Prior to her death she had reportedly been battling cancer. After being honored with a state funeral in Cairo, she was buried next to her husband at the Unknown Soldier Memorial. Awards and honors Sadat was the recipient of several national and international awards for public service and humanitarian efforts for women and children. She also received more than 20 honorary doctorate degrees from national and international colleges and universities around the world. In 1993, she received the Community of Christ International Peace Award, whilst in 2001, she was the winner of the Pearl S. Buck Award. After her death, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree awarding her the Order of Perfection. It was also announced that the Al-Firdous axis (Axis of Paradise) in Cairo will be named after her. Positions Egypt's first lady from 1970 to 1981 First woman chair of the People's Council of Munofeyya Provincial governorate Visiting professor at American University, University of South Carolina, and Radford University in the United States Professor of international studies at the University of Maryland since 1993 References External links Biography at the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland Biography at Women's International Center Thirty years later, Sadat's widow still hopes for peace, CNN, 26 March 2009 20th-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian women 1933 births 2021 deaths American University faculty and staff Sadat family Cairo University alumni First ladies of Egypt Human rights activists from Cairo Egyptian Muslims Egyptian feminists Egyptian women academics Egyptian people of English descent Radford University faculty University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences people University of South Carolina faculty