Word: mahroussa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie in Cairo with his wife, Gehan. Eventually he received a message from Nasser, threw on his uniform and arrived in time to make the radio announcement of the successful coup. Later, Sadat was assigned the task of supervising King Farouk's departure into exile aboard his royal yacht, Mahroussa. Watching the scene from the bridge of an Egyptian navy destroyer, Sadat was so overcome with emotion that he had to be carried ashore by sailors. Years later, in a similar surge of emotion, he collapsed in tears over Nasser's coffin...
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