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By Coptic Solidarity – Eight years after first raising the issue of discrimination against Coptic athletes in Egypt with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), they have finally replied [...]

By Walid Tamtam (*) – for Coptic Solidarity – In Egypt, the Indigenous Christian community is called Coptic, or Copts for short, the majority of whom are Coptic Orthodox, with a small [...]

Coptic Solidarity started advocating for Coptic athletes in 2016. Below we have compiled the most important actions and publications made on their behalf. Advocacy & Articles for Coptic [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Standard News Wire – Egypt’s delegation to the 2020 Olympics includes a single Copt out of 141 athletes. The delegation, which includes 37 women, will compete [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – The Olympics is a time for sport and fraternity to be celebrated globally, yet when Egypt’s national football team plays their first Tokyo 2021 game today against [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Standard Newswire Coptic Solidarity (CS) strongly urges all corporate sponsors of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and the Premier League to end their [...]

Opinion submitted by Saba E. Demian, M.D This is part of the suppression/oppression by the State and cronies to cancel Christianity from Egypt. The most popular game in the world is Football, aka [...]

By Marc Español – Directa –  Era jornada de proves al camp de futbol del club egipci Petrojet, establert a la ciutat portuària de Suez. Mina Samir, un jove de 17 anys, evoca [...]

By Ewelina U. Ochab – Forbes –  What does football (soccer) have to do with religious freedom? Not much, one would have thought. However, Egypt may be saying otherwise. [...]

By Saba E. Demian – Copts refers to the Christian Orthodox Egyptians and members of this branch of Orthodox Christianity around the world. A lot may be known globally about the Copts [...]