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Egypt is seeing red over Netflix’s new serial ‘Queen Cleopatra’. The portrayal of the historic queen by a biracial actress has prompted the Egyptian government to issue a statement, saying she was ‘light skinned and not Black’; a lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant and a local broadcaster said it would be running its own show based on her. But what race did Queen Cleopatra belong to? ....
Adele James, the star of Netflix s much-talked about Queen Cleopatra docudrama says the furore over her casting as the Egyptian ruler is fundamentally racist . ....
Egypt s state-affiliated United Media Services own documentary channel, Al-Wathaeqya, has now promised to make their own production about Cleopatra. ....
The streaming platform has sparked a backlash by depicting the legendary queen as a Black woman despite no evidence of her having sub-Saharan ancestry ....
The trailer for “Queen Cleopatra” set off Egyptologists, Afrocentric thinkers, filmmakers, and archeologists. But who gets to claim ancient Egyptians? ....