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Fortunetelling Is A Sort Of Therapy For Stressed-Out Lebanese

NPR | By Ruth Sherlock
Published October 2, 2018 at 5:01 AM EDT
Leila Abdel Latif is a celebrity fortuneteller in Lebanon. Every New Year's Eve she appears on Lebanese television shows to predict the future of Lebanon and the wider world.
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Leila Abdel Latif is a celebrity fortuneteller in Lebanon. Every New Year's Eve she appears on Lebanese television shows to predict the future of Lebanon and the wider world.

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