The birth of a real (albeit challenging and improbable) friendship, nourished by a shared desire for peace and faith.

The correspondence between the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin covers the entire period of negotiations for official peace between the two leaders, with two key moments: signing the Camp David Accords under the guidance of President Carter on September 17, 1978 and signing the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on March 26, 1979 on the lawn of the White House.