{"id":38926,"date":"2022-06-24T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38926"},"modified":"2022-06-24T10:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:37:54","slug":"discrimination-prevails-for-egyptian-community-says-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/discrimination-prevails-for-egyptian-community-says-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrimination prevails for Egyptian community, says activist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the National Day of the Egyptian Minority in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights activist Ervis Cota said in an interview on Good Morning that the community faces countless problems on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the main factor remains discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have many contacts with activists and the Egyptian community in various cities and I\u2019ve detected numerous problems. Despite all efforts, we see problems in sheltering, employment, integrating youth, and inclusion in public institutions\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination is one of the main factors that has influenced and contributes in fading the identity of this minority in Albania\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas, a representative from the Egyptian community in Pogradec says the opposite. According to him, this minority does not feel discriminated against in their city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t really felt discriminated in Pogradec. This is a good thing for us\u201d, said Donald Laze.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian community in Pogradec is estimated at around 2,500-3,000 people, said Laze, adding that all of them are fully integrated into the society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/18\/36-egyptian-families-protesting-after-facing-power-cuts-since-january\/\">Egyptian families stage protest after ongoing power cuts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2022\/05\/19\/how-accepting-of-ethnic-minorities-are-albanians\/\">How accepting of ethnic minorities are Albanians?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/26\/housing-problems-still-looming-for-the-roma-community\/\">Housing problems still looming for the Roma community<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the National Day of the Egyptian Minority in Albania. Human rights activist Ervis Cota said in an interview on Good Morning that the community faces countless problems on a daily basis. According to him, the main factor remains discrimination. \u201cI have many contacts with activists and the Egyptian community in various cities and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[270,1658,668,151,762],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discrimination prevails for Egyptian community, says activist - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/discrimination-prevails-for-egyptian-community-says-activist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Discrimination prevails for Egyptian community, says activist - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today marks the National Day of the Egyptian Minority in Albania. 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