At the age of 41, Jehan decided to return to school and enrolled at Cairo University to study Arabic Literature – attending university at the same time as three of her grown up children. She would go on to earn a masters and doctorate degree in Comparative Literature and in her later years, took on lecturing posts in Cairo and the US. In 1978, Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel after a series of diplomatic efforts brokered by then-US President Jimmy Carter. The same year he and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
