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Coptic Christian football academy fights against discrimination in Egypt

Je Suis is giving Egyptian Christians a space to play football and possibly break into the premier league

Bolas Fayez (R) and Mina Samir (L) football players at Je Suis, a football academy for Coptic Christians (MEE correspondent)

By MEE correspondent

Published date: 11 January 2019 13:12 GMT | Last update: 6 years 3 months ago

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