Egypt's government defends Cleopatra's history
Though much of Egypt's population and government today is mainly Arab and Muslim, the government's willing to recognize ancient queen Cleopatra's being a white woman, in response to a Netflix program depicting her as black:
The Egyptian government has denounced Netflix’s upcoming docudrama series Queen Cleopatra, saying the streamer’s decision to portray the ancient queen as a black woman represents a “falsification of Egyptian history and a blatant historical fallacy.”One can only wonder if Netflix will apologize at all to Egypt's populace, especially to the Copts, who're the modern descendants of the ancient Egyptians. If they do, one must wonder if it'll be based on how the country is still dominated by Islam. In which case, it wouldn't be an altruistic mea culpa at all.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities issued a lengthy statement in a Facebook post Thursday in which it said Cleopatra had Hellenic, or Greek, features and was light-skinned, not black. The conclusion is based on artistic representations of Cleopatra as well as DNA research done on ancient Egyptian remains dating from the era.
[...] Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra, which is executive produced by Jada Pinkett-Smith and is set to begin streaming May 10, has ignited a firestorm of debate over the decision to cast a black actress as Cleopatra. The debate has become especially intense in Egypt, where Netflix is being denounced as a historical revisionist trampling on an entire nation’s history.
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