Sa ‧ dat, An ‧ war al- /səˈdæt, ˈænwɑː æl $ -wɑːr-/ BrE AmE
(1918–81) the President of ↑ Egypt from 1970 to 1981, who tried to bring peace between the Arabs and Israelis. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem ↑ begin in 1978 and they signed the ↑ Camp David agreement in the following year. He was murdered by ↑ extremist Muslims who opposed his policy towards Israel.