Talk:Anwar Sadat

"Fundamenalist" army officers

the summary section of the article claims "fundamentalist" army officers assassinated Sadat. This is extremely ambiguous and is very likely a violation of Wikipedia policy on clarity. A clear description could be Islamists or Muslim Brotherhood followers. 129.137.96.2 (talk) 17:40, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to "members of the Islamic Jihad" per Assassination of Anwar Sadat Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:31, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Break with USSR

I recall reading where he of one of his diplomats said part of the reason for the break was the military hardware issue. He said he had to wait years for an answer from the USSR. With the USA he did not, sometimes the answer is no, but at least you have an answer.

I cannot find this anywhere. Maybe someone here is a better researcher? 162.255.123.143 (talk) 03:03, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

President Sadat’s father is not from Upper Egypt but from Monufia Governorate

President Sadat’s father is not from Upper Egypt but from Monufia Governorate in northern Egypt, and the information written on Wikipedia about his father is incorrect. By the way, I am Egyptian, and everyone in Egypt knows that Sadat’s father and his family are from Monufia. Please correct this information. This is an Egyptian source confirming that Sadat’s father is from Monufia and was born there. https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/224239.aspx Sdybdhhszxgelking (talk) 21:56, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

What religion and sect was Sadat, and how devout was he? That is a relevant part of his history. ~2026-11694-2 (talk) 15:03, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 January 2026

I would like to add his children Bibo1818 (talk) 19:44, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: It's unclear what you're requesting. Please be more specific. Thank you. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:05, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 February 2026

Description of suggested change: More information about the neo-liberal capitalist Infitah policy included after the segment about the October/Kippur war (it's cited to start in 1974, which is before the peace process), see the lede for Infitah for easy cross-copy information. I suggest to stress the factors that involve the socialist to capitalist turn, the east to west alliance, the hope of the policy leading to democratic pluralism and the subsequent critiques and failures of the policy:


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...At the conclusion of hostilities, Israeli forces were 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Damascus and 101 kilometres (63 mi) from Cairo.
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...At the conclusion of hostilities, Israeli forces were 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Damascus and 101 kilometres (63 mi) from Cairo. == Infitah == Main article: Infitah Infitah (lit. 'openness'), or Law 43 of 1974, was Anwar Sadat's policy of "opening the door" to private investment in Egypt in the years after the 1973 October War (Yom Kippur War) with Israel. Infitah was accompanied by a break with longtime ally and aid-giver the USSR—which was replaced by the United States—and by a peace process with Israel, symbolized by Sadat's dramatic flight to Jerusalem in 1977. Infitah ended the domination of Egypt's economy by the public sector and encouraged both domestic and foreign investment in the private sector. Similar policies to the Infitah were later adopted by other countries in the 1970s and 1980s. Sadat believed that capitalist economic policies would build a substantial private sector and that alliance with the United States and the West would lead to prosperity and eventually democratic pluralism. The implementation of Infitah is generally considered to have been flawed in its over-ambitiousness and its appearance of having abandoned "solidarity with the poor." Millions of previously poor Egyptians who had joined the middle class under the Nasser regime through education and jobs for the government or parastatals, were left stuck in an "increasingly marginalized, stagnant and low-paying public sector," under Infitah. In 1977, negative public reaction to Infitah policies led to massive spontaneous riots involving hundreds of thousands of Egyptians when the state announced that it was retiring subsidies on basic foodstuffs.

These were all sporadically taken from the Infitah page. I think the original Infitah page gives him, IMO, too much credit, neo-liberalism's proliferation is better attributed to Reagan and Thatcher.

One more thing, this wiki page is the only media I've seen that refers to his name as 'Es-Sadat', while this might be the practical way it's pronounced, I'm not sure if it's grammatical, it's commonly either Al, El, or neither. MagiTagi (talk) 20:22, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

For the addition of relevant information about Infitah you think is missing from the article, please format the request, not as a general suggestion, but following the form of "change X to Y" (WP:SAMPLEER). As for the name, Es/As instead of El/Al reflects the pronounciation of the sun letter, and because El is more common when romanizing Egyptian Arabic it ends up as "Es", but I agree writing it as "El" or "Al" would be more appropriate for the first mention (MOS:FULLNAME) since it's the formal way to write it and is used in a majority of cited sources. nahleghini (talk) 05:44, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I reformatted the edit request in accordance, I wasn't well-acquainted on the edit request format at the time and thought that the addition of an entire segment wasn't how the template was meant to be used, the sample edit requests page doesn't use the template, (also partially because I wanted it to be easier for someone to copy the edit, and citations aren't shown in the template).
I'd recommend re-reviewing it since I believe it's up-to-code now. MagiTagi (talk) 15:57, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Done: Integrated into Peace with Israel section nahleghini (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for integrating the contents, if you don't mind, is there a particular reason this wasn't an independent section? it feels less related to Israel peace process and more like a home economic policy. MagiTagi (talk) 18:33, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 April 2026

Description of suggested change: Separation of Infitah economic policy from the Peace with Israel section and into a new section with more information.

I think it's pretty self-explanatory and clear as to why a home neoliberal economic policy shouldn't be in the middle of the section about peace talks with a warring nation, less obvious is the necessity for more description than 2 paragraphs to a 180 philosophical and economic turn that is the start of the modern capitalist Egyptian economy.

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This statement caused some concern to the Israeli government, but Secretary of State Henry Kissinger denied such a promise was ever made. Law 43 of 1974 or Infitah, was Anwar Sadat's policy of "opening the door" to foreign private investment within Egypt, in the years after ending the war with Israel. Infitah was accompanied by a break with longtime ally and aid-giver the USSR—which was replaced by the United States. The policy ended the domination of Egypt's economy by the public sector and encouraged both domestic and foreign investment in the private sector. Millions of previously poor Egyptians who had joined the middle class under the Nasser regime through education and jobs for the government or parastatals, were left stuck in an "increasingly marginalized, stagnant and low-paying public sector," under Infitah. In January 1977, a series of 'Bread Riots' protested Sadat's economic liberalization and specifically a government decree lifting price controls on basic necessities like bread. The riots lasted for two days and included hundreds of thousands in Cairo. 120 buses and hundreds of buildings were destroyed in Cairo alone. The riots ended with the deployment of the army and the re-institution of the subsidies/price controls. During this time, Sadat was also taking a new approach towards improving relations with the West. The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on 1 October 1977, on principles to govern a Geneva conference on the Middle East. Syria continued to resist such a conference. Not wanting either Syria or the Soviet Union to influence the peace process, Sadat decided to take more progressive stance towards building a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel...
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The improved relations Egypt gained with the West through the Camp David Accords soon gave the country resilient economic growth. By 1980, however, Egypt's strained relations with the Arab World would result in a period of rapid inflation. == Infitah == Main article: Infitah Infitah (lit. 'openness'), or Law 43 of 1974, was Anwar Sadat's policy of "opening the door" to private investment in Egypt in the years after the 1973 October War (Yom Kippur War) with Israel. Infitah was accompanied by a break with longtime ally and aid-giver the USSR—which was replaced by the United States—and by a peace process with Israel, symbolized by Sadat's dramatic flight to Jerusalem in 1977. Infitah ended the domination of Egypt's economy by the public sector and encouraged both domestic and foreign investment in the private sector. Similar policies to the Infitah were later adopted by other countries in the 1970s and 1980s. Sadat believed that capitalist economic policies would build a substantial private sector and that alliance with the United States and the West would lead to prosperity and eventually democratic pluralism. The implementation of Infitah is generally considered to have been flawed in its over-ambitiousness and its appearance of having abandoned "solidarity with the poor." Millions of previously poor Egyptians who had joined the middle class under the Nasser regime through education and jobs for the government or parastatals, were left stuck in an "increasingly marginalized, stagnant and low-paying public sector," under Infitah. In 1977, negative public reaction to Infitah policies led to massive spontaneous riots involving hundreds of thousands of Egyptians when the state announced that it was retiring subsidies on basic foodstuffs.

These were all sporadically taken from the Infitah and 1977 Egyptian bread riots page.

No, I don't exactly know why nahleghini decided this was in the israel section nor why they trimmed it down to just two paragraphs, forgive yet another request because I don't know how else this issue would be fixed without another request. edit: why did it cite 4 times? MagiTagi (talk) 17:51, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Osman, Tarek (January 11, 2011). Egypt On The Brink. Yale University Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780300162752.
  2. ^ Osman, Tarek (January 11, 2011). Egypt On The Brink. Yale University Press. p. 125, 127. ISBN 9780300162752.
  3. ^ Osman, Tarek (January 11, 2011). Egypt On The Brink. Yale University Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780300162752.
  4. ^ Osman, Tarek (January 11, 2011). Egypt On The Brink. Yale University Press. p. 125, 127. ISBN 9780300162752.

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