Egyptians in Uproar Over Netflix’s ‘Afrocentric’ Decision To Portray Cleopatra as Black
Critics of the series ‘Queen Cleopatra’ say it amounts to cultural appropriation of Egyptian heritage.
Some citizens of Egypt are in a snit over an upcoming Netflix docudrama about the life of Egypt’s last pharaoh, Cleopatra, because the title character is portrayed as a Black woman despite most historical evidence indicating that she was fair-skinned and of Greek descent.
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