For Egypt’s minorities, “there is a large gap between de jure and de facto rights—what exists under the law versus what exists in practice,” writes Sarah Yerkes in a piece titled “What Egypt under Sisi is really like for Coptic Christians” for Brookings Institute. While President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s outward support of Copts and inclusion wins him international praise, his insistence on inclusion “fails to acknowledge de facto discrimination against Copts.”