Few could have expected young Sadat to become anything other than the small-town boy he was raised in, but then When Sadat was still a child, his grandmother fascinated him with stories about the brave men who fought to free Egypt from the European tyrants controlling their lives (el-Sadat). Little did Sadat's grandmother know that these stories, along with the pressure she put on Sadat to get an education, would one day influence him to rise above his humble childhood, to become the leader of his country and initiate a lasting peace with Israel. This peace was the result of Sadat's entire life and death. Over his many years, Sadat went from a man training in the military to a refugee from the forces he once fought for and ultimately to a ruler of Egypt. Anwar al-Sadat's parents gave birth to their son on December 25, 1918, in a small village called Mit Abul-Kum on the Nile Delta. Before Sadat's birth, Mohammed el-Sadat, Sadat's father, and Sitt-al-Barrein, Sadat's mother, resided in Sudan. Sadat's father worked there “as a clerk in a military hospital for the Egyptian army. When Sitt-al-Barrein’s pregnancy progressed, she was sent back to the small Nile Delta village to give birth.” (Kras) Sadat had twelve other siblings (Golley), four of whom were from the same mother (Kras). Sadat's father had received a "general certificate of primary education", which was rare at the time for lower-class citizens. (Alagna) His education allowed Mohammed el-Sadat to educate Anwar Sadat. Anwar Sadat received his basic education in reading, writing and the holy book at the Quranic teaching school. (Alagna) His family paid for him to attend al-Jami'a primary school and Raqi al-Ma secondary school in...... middle of paper ....... 2014. Web . May 8, 2014. Kras, Sarah Louis and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Anwar Sadat. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2003. Print. Lawson, Fred H. 2004. Anwar Sadat. Biography in context. Internet. May 3, 2014. Martin Kramer. The Middle East Quarterly. 2004. Internet. May 15, 2014. Movements in United States Diplomatic History. Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. and Web. May 15, 2014. Ottaway, David B. 2006. Extremists accused of Sadat murder. Ed. K. Lee Lerne and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Internet. May 10, 2014. Sadat, Muhammad Anwar al-. A dictionary of contemporary history - from 1945 to the present. and Web. May 14, 2014. Salem, Press. 1999. Egyptian President Sadat is assassinated in Cairo. Major events. Internet. May 14, 2014.University of Maryland. 2010. Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ). National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. Internet. May 15 2014.