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Born into a family of 13 children in 1918, Anwar al-Sadat grew up among average Egyptian villagers in the town of Mit Abul
Kom 40 miles to the north of Cairo. Having completed a grade school education, Sadats father worked as a clerk in the local
military hospital. By the time of his birth, Anwars Egypt had become a British colony. Crippling debt had forced the Egyptian
government to sell the British government its interests in the French engineered Suez Canal linking the Mediteranian Sea with the
Indian Ocean. The British and French had used these resources to establish enough political control over Egyptian << Login/Signup for Full Text>>