![]() Under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, political horoscopes have exploded. While orthodox Islam frowns on fortune telling, astrology has a long history in the Middle East’s popular culture, and especially in Egypt. The Egyptian government seems to be using horoscopes as a new avenue for disseminating pro-regime messages, hoping that their mystical quality lends credibility to government messaging that is lacking in other outlets. “Exactly,” says Passant Youssef, one of a number of astrologers whose predictions are delivered on pro-regime TV shows and in newspapers across Egypt. ![]() “So, in the coming year,” asks Egyptian TV personality Amr Adib, “Egypt will be more orderly and more stable because Saturn is in Capricorn?” ![]()
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