The Egyptian national team has no well-known Coptic players in recent years, despite Copts making up 10-15% of the population. Discrimination starts at the grassroots level. Countries like Iraq and Morocco have players from small Christian minorities. Copts excel in education and professions but are absent in elite sports. Blind support for the team while we're excluded isn't patriotism; it's erasure of identity. It's hypocrisy when the coach backs anti-racism campaigns but ignores the exclusion

Open the Doors for Me, O Lord (Pope Shenouda III)