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Cleopatra was Greek, but was she fair? Egyptians think so
OTT giant Netflix finds itself in yet another controversy as Egyptians slam the depiction of the historical figure Cleopatra as a black African. A Netflix documentary series titled African Queens: Queen Cleopatra did not go down well with the viewers as a lawyer filed a complaint that the show aims to “erase the Egyptian identity”. In fact, a top archaeologist insists that Cleopatra was “not black” but “light-skinned”.
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