Is the people's game open to everyone in Egypt?

Mina Bindari, 23 years old, coach of Je Suis, the first football academy for Coptic Christians attends a training in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt June 10, 2019. Picture taken June 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Mina Bindari wanted to play top-level football like the famous players he watched on TV, but he says discrimination has blocked his path and that of other Christians in Egypt which is overwhelmingly Muslim.

Coptic Christians make up an estimated 10% of Egypt's population, but they point to a lack of Coptic players in the national side -- the home team in the Africa Cup of Nations starting on Friday -- as evidence of prejudice.