ABSTRACT
In the two years that he spent in various prisons until he escaped from a military hospital in October 1944, Anwar Sadat attempted to understand himself better and seek deeper meanings for his life. His thoughts veered to the future and to the kind of life he would lead when he regained his freedom. Though existence in the prisons was not always solitary and there was a certain amount of socialising, Sadat fell back on his village for reflection and consolation.
