{"id":98498,"date":"2023-04-28T22:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/a-black-queen-cleopatra-egyptians-lash-out-at-netflixs-depiction-national\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T22:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T22:22:12","slug":"a-black-queen-cleopatra-egyptians-lash-out-at-netflixs-depiction-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/a-black-queen-cleopatra-egyptians-lash-out-at-netflixs-depiction-national\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black Queen Cleopatra? Egyptians lash out at Netflix\u2019s depiction &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Debates concerning the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cleopatra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">color of Cleopatra\u2019s pores and skin<\/a> have been reactivated, and this time it\u2019s Egypt trying to take Netflix to process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The nation has accused the streaming large of misrepresenting historical past by casting a mixed-race girl to play the titular character of their upcoming present <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/african-queens-release-date-cast-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Cleopatra<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix launched a trailer for the four-part docudrama final week, which stars Adele James as Cleopatra.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"IktHcPyNlv4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen Cleopatra | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IktHcPyNlv4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities weighed in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tourismandantiq\/posts\/pfbid02FS21YBEdmmvuyMWEmbBB4Jfoi9ZG4G9i65P2m1DEMhsKP3ZhX76vJR8ZVHmCqKQcl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing controversy<\/a>, posting a prolonged assertion to Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The assertion, credited to the nation\u2019s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Archeology, mentioned that many specialists in Egypt agree that \u201cQueen Cleopatra was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tourismandantiq\/posts\/pfbid02FS21YBEdmmvuyMWEmbBB4Jfoi9ZG4G9i65P2m1DEMhsKP3ZhX76vJR8ZVHmCqKQcl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">light-skinned<\/a> and (had) Hellenic features.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It additionally argues that the documentary nature of the sequence, which is produced by Jada Pinkett-Smith, \u201crequires those in charge of its production to investigate accuracy and rely on historical and scientific facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ministry factors to cash and statues from the time, arguing that they present a light-skinned girl, in line with Cleopatra\u2019s Macedonian Greek ancestry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_644c46caa7462-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos. First video: Ancestry pulls slavery era ad after backlash\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_644c46caa7462\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"5185489\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/5185489,9417764,6382696,4918048\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2F965%2F835%2Fancestryad.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_644c46caa7462\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"5185489,9417764,6382696,4918048\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Ancestry pulls slavery era ad after backlash'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/965\/835\/ancestryad.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/965\/835\/ancestryad.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/965\/835\/ancestryad.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/965\/835\/ancestryad.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:30<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Ancestry pulls slavery period advert after backlash<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"c-carousel__buttons glide__arrows\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"l-videoCarousel__prev c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev glide__arrow glide__arrow--left\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"l-videoCarousel__next c-carousel__button c-carousel__next glide__arrow glide__arrow--right\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>For Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Antiquities Council, depicting the Cleopatra as Black is nothing lower than \u201ca falsification of Egyptian history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that his grievance is \u201cfar from any ethnic racism, stressing full respect for African civilizations and for our brothers in the African continent that brings us all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cleopatra was born within the Egyptian metropolis of Alexandria in 69 BCE and was the final queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty based by Alexander the Great\u2019s Macedonian basic Ptolemy.<\/p>\n<p>Her ethnicity has been hotly debated, however historians have been unable to pin down the identification of Cleopatra\u2019s mom. It\u2019s potential, historians say, that Cleopatra\u2019s mom could have been an indigenous Egyptian or from some other place in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Neflix companion web site Tudum reported that the selection to forged James was \u201ca nod to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/african-queens-release-date-cast-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centuries-long conversation<\/a> about the ruler\u2019s race.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"test\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s foremost archaeologist Zahi Hawass, nevertheless, says there\u2019s nothing to debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not anti-Black at all but I found it my duty as a rich man to state the facts and declare that Cleopatra was not brown. Cleopatra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0ZMUcC3Jh2d92uBweUw64rawUtaUwFL1WUjhZtrCtLWrZohcnjTVUWdWxunuW8hsCl&amp;id=100044332304573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was not Black<\/a>,\u201d he wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCleopatra was like the Macedonian princesses and queens and if we look at the statues of the queen and the coin, we c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0ZMUcC3Jh2d92uBweUw64rawUtaUwFL1WUjhZtrCtLWrZohcnjTVUWdWxunuW8hsCl&amp;id=100044332304573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annot find any evidence to support the claim that Cleopatra was brown<\/a>,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian lawyer Mahmoud Al-Semary is so riled up by Netflix\u2019s depiction that he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egyptindependent.com\/egyptian-lawyer-sues-netflix-over-queen-cleopatra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a case<\/a> with the general public prosecutor to close down Netflix in Egypt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Egypt Independent reviews that Al-Semary\u2019s case calls for that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egyptindependent.com\/egyptian-lawyer-sues-netflix-over-queen-cleopatra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authorized motion<\/a> be taken towards these chargeable for making the documentary and accused them of \u201cforgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9658395\/sudan-crisis-canada-evacuation-flights\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sudan-evacuations-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Canadian army evacuation flights grounded in Sudan: sources<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9658234\/psac-strike-day-10-update\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427110420-644a937c8457493348d74022jpeg-3.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">PSAC strike Day 10: Ottawa tables new provide to union as disruptions persist<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIn order to preserve the Egyptian national and cultural identity among Egyptians all over the world there must be pride in the makings of such work,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Series director Tina Gharavi defended the casting alternative in a first-person essay for Variety printed final week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing the research, I realized what a political act it would be to see <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/global\/queen-cleopatra-black-netflix-egypt-1235590708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleopatra portrayed by a Black actress<\/a>. For me, the idea that people had gotten it so incredibly wrong before \u2014 historically, from Theda Bara to Monica Bellucci, and recently, with Angelina Jolie and Gal Gadot in the running to play her \u2014 meant we had to get it even more right. The hunt was on to find the right performer to bring Cleopatra into the 21st century,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess the information is out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cleopatra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cleopatra<\/a> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/africanqueen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#africanqueen<\/a>. My first present for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Netflix<\/a>. A 4-part sequence coming May tenth. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/womenleaders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#womenleaders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/impossibleisnothing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#impossibleisnothing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQfIGIPe1E\">pic.twitter.com\/WQfIGIPe1E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tina Gharavi (@Gharavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gharavi\/status\/1646242806573432832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/global\/queen-cleopatra-black-netflix-egypt-1235590708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleopatra be a melanated sister<\/a>? And why do some people need Cleopatra to be white? Her proximity to whiteness seems to give her value, and for some Egyptians it seems to really matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the essay, Gharavi particulars a \u201chuge online hate campaign\u201d that has been focused at her since she signed on to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEgyptians accused me of \u2018blackwashing\u2019 and \u2018stealing\u2019 their history. Some threatened to ruin my career \u2014 which I wanted to tell them was laughable. I was ruining it very well for myself, thank you very much!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she admits that \u201cwe don\u2019t know for sure\u201d whether or not Cleopatra was Black.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we can be certain she wasn\u2019t white like Elizabeth Taylor,\u201d she concludes, including that there must be extra conversations round internalized white supremacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_644c46caacede-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 2 videos. 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The nation has accused the streaming large of misrepresenting historical past by casting a mixed-race girl to play the titular character of their upcoming present Queen Cleopatra. Netflix launched a trailer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}