YORBA LINDA : Jehan Sadat to Visit Nixon Library
The widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will visit the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace today to tour exhibits and preview a new display.
Jehan Sadat is scheduled to tour the library from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., where she will see a life-size statue of Anwar Sadat along with displays on the Middle East and on the close relationship between the two leaders. Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981.
In addition, Sadat is expected to view photos and artifacts from Nixon’s visits to Egypt as well as a 6th-Century BC statue of Isis that was a gift from the Sadats to the Nixons. It will be her first visit to the museum.
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