Egypt: Leaks help, not hurt, al-Sissi's image
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In an audiotape, Egypt's military chief talks about his dreams, saying that in one nighttime vision he was brandishing a sword and that in another he told the late Anwar Sadat that he himself would be president one day. The tape, apparently leaked by opponents to embarrass the general, kicked off an online storm of parodies and mockery.
But to most Egyptians, among whom dream interpretation is commonplace, it only deepened an image of the country's most powerful figure - and very possibly its next president --as a spiritual man, in touch with the nation's traditions. (AP)
