Editing Model minority (section)

== Egypt ==
=== Egyptian Copts ===
{{Main|Copts|Copts in Egypt}}
[[File:Naguib.jpg|thumb|[[Naguib Sawiris]] is an Egyptian Coptic [[billionaire]] businessman.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-23|title=Naguib Sawiris eyes 51% of state-owned gold mining company|url=https://egyptindependent.com/naguib-sawiris-eyes-51-of-state-owned-gold-mining-company/|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Egypt Independent|language=en-US}}</ref>]]
In Egypt, [[Copts]] have relatively higher [[educational attainment]], relatively higher [[wealth]] index, and a stronger representation in [[White-collar worker|white collar job]] types, but limited representation in security agencies. The majority of demographic, socioeconomic and health indicators are similar among Copts and Muslims.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mohamoud |first1=Yousra A. |last2=Cuadros |first2=Diego F. |last3=Abu-Raddad |first3=Laith J. |title=Characterizing the Copts in Egypt: Demographic, socioeconomic and health indicators |journal=QScience Connect |date=March 2013 |issue=2013 |pages=22 |doi=10.5339/connect.2013.22 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Historically; many Copts were [[accountants]], and in 1961 Coptic Christians owned 51% of the [[List of banks in Egypt|Egyptian banks]].<ref name=Catlos2014>{{cite journal |last1=Catlos |first1=Brian A. |title=Accursed, Superior Men: Ethno-Religious Minorities and Politics in the Medieval Mediterranean |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |date=October 2014 |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=844–869 |doi=10.1017/S0010417514000425 |s2cid=145603557 }}</ref> A [[Pew Center]] study about [[Religiosity and education|religion and education]] around the world in 2016, found that around 36% of Egyptian Christians obtain a [[university degree]] in institutions of [[higher education]].<ref name="Pew2016">{{cite web |date=19 December 2011 |title=Religion and Education Around the World |url=http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2016/12/21094148/Religion-Education-ONLINE-FINAL.pdf |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152619/http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2016/12/21094148/Religion-Education-ONLINE-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the scholar Andrea Rugh Copts tend to belong to the educated [[Middle class|middle]] and [[Upper middle class|upper-middle class]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Christians in Egypt: Strategies and Survival|first=Andrea |last=B. Rugh |year= 2016| isbn=9781137566133| page =30|publisher=Springer|quote=}}</ref> and according to scholar Lois Farag "The [[Copts]] still played the major role in managing Egypt's state finances. They held 20% of total state capital, 45% of government employment, and 45% of government salarie".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Coptic Christian Heritage: History, Faith and Culture|first=Lois|last= M. Farag |year= 2013| isbn=9781134666843| page =83|publisher=Routledge|quote=The Copts, who were 7 percent of the population in the nineteenth century, still played the major role in managing Egypt's state finances. They held 20 percent of total state capital, 45 percent of government employment ...}}</ref> According to scholar J. D. Pennington 45% of the [[medical doctors]], 60% of the [[pharmacists]] of Egypt were [[Christians]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4282879|title=The Copts in Modern Egypt|date=3 October 1982|publisher= JSTOR|jstor=4282879|last1=Pennington|first1=J. D.|journal=Middle Eastern Studies|volume=18|issue=2|pages=158–179|doi=10.1080/00263208208700503|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

A number of Coptic [[business]] and land-owning families became very wealthy and influential such as the Egyptian Coptic Christian [[Sawiris family]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/432946-naguib-sawiris-if-god-wanted-women-to-be-veiled-he-would-have-created-them-with-veil |title=Naguib Sawiris: 'If God wanted women to be veiled, he would have created them with a veil' |website=Arabian Business |date=11 November 2019 }}</ref> that owns the [[Orascom group|Orascom conglomerate]], spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/richlist/profile/16|title=Arabian Business: The Sawiris Family|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407183236/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/richlist/profile/16|archive-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST014/CP0000003388.aspx|title=The richest men in Africa – 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921050058/http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST014/CP0000003388.aspx|archive-date=21 September 2017}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated the family's net worth at $36 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Naguib-Sawiris_4MRK.html|title=#60 Naguib Sawiris - Forbes.com|website=www.forbes.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Nassef-Sawiris_FWHQ.html|title=#68 Nassef Sawiris - Forbes.com|website=www.forbes.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Onsi-Sawiris_PPZY.html|title=#96 Onsi Sawiris - Forbes.com|website=www.forbes.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Samih-Sawiris_L391.html|title=#396 Samih Sawiris - Forbes.com|website=www.forbes.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> According to scholars Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein argue that Copts have relatively higher [[educational attainment]] and relatively higher [[wealth]] index, due to [[Coptic Christianity]] emphasis on literacy and that [[Coptic Christianity]] encouraged the accumulation of human capital.<ref name=Catlos2014/>