import os
profession_folder_path = '../fp/Updated/Profession/'
profession_files = os.listdir(profession_folder_path)
profession_texts = [open(profession_folder_path+file_name, encoding='utf-8').read() for file_name in profession_files]
print(profession_texts[0])

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '../fp/Updated/Profession/Athlete'

import os
profession_folder_path = '../fp/Updated/Profession/'
profession_files = os.listdir(profession_folder_path)
profession_texts = [open(os.path.realpath(file_name)).read() for file_name in profession_files]
print(profession_texts[0])

chmod -R a+rx  '../fp/Updated/Profession/'