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...spite of his key role in the revolution, Sadat was never trusted with a really sensitive job. At one point he was named editor of the party newspaper Al Gomhouria, and he filled it with tirades against U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the "felonious and stupid horde" of British and French government figures. A devout Moslem who prays so often and so intensely that he has developed a mark on his forehead where it touches the prayer mat, Sadat was later made secretary-general of the Islamic Congress, an organization of Islamic nations. Because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Middle East: The Underrated Heir | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

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