President Mohamed Mursi issued a presidential decree on Wednesday honoring the late Lieutenant General Saad al-Din al-Shazli and awarding him Order of the Nile posthumously in recognition of his great role in the October 1973 war.
Family members of al-Shazli who received the award were his widow Zeinat Mohamed Metwalli and his three daughters Shahdan, Samia and Nahed.
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