As a world leader, feelings about Anwar Sadat were mixed.
In Western countries he was seen as a hero after brokering a successful peace deal with Israel.
But many in the Arabic-speaking world saw him differently.
They felt he abandoned the cause of Palestinian statehood by putting his own country first, weakening the pan-Arabic alliance of that time.
Either way, his assassination showed just how wide the gulf can be between different countries in their view of the same event.
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