2023-04-26 11:00:03
The works of the famous “Netflix” platform have always sparked controversy, but this time, a work regarding the famous Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, angered the Egyptians in particular.
The work is a documentary-drama series, of 4 episodes, that will be shown on the Netflix platform, entitled “Queen Cleopatra”, and will include interviews with experts in addition to acting clips and narrations with the voice of the wife of American actor Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Who is Cleopatra?
- Queen Cleopatra VII, known as Cleopatra, is the last king of the Macedonian dynasty, which ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, until the occupation of Egypt by the Romans in 30 BC.
- What history tells us regarding Cleopatra being one of the great queens of Egypt, whatever the differences were regarding her relationship with the policies of the Roman Empire, she was, for example, the only one among the Ptolemaic family who took it upon herself to learn the Egyptian language at the time.
- Cleopatra was a talented queen. She spoke several languages, led armies at the age of twenty-one, and was educated in the beacon of science of her time, Alexandria.
- She worked to restore the glories of her ruling family, and was able to establish stability and peace in the country during her reign, and combat corruption. At that time, Egypt was a prosperous country, under the rule of a queen whose gender the people did not see a defect in, so their only concern was her good management of the country.
Who is the representative of Cleopatra in the new work?
The role of Cleopatra will be played by the British actress of African descent, Adele James.
Cleopatra in the documentary series
“Scream” by Bassem Youssef
- Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef appeared as a guest with the famous British journalist, Piers Morgan, and defended the Egyptian point of view on the issue.
- Youssef said on Tuesday: “The matter is not related to people with white or black skin, but rather to the process of cultural appropriation and the philosophy of history carried out by the followers of African Centralism (Afrocentric).”
- Bassem stressed, “Hollywood is erasing my people. We are not allowed to tell our history. I regret to disagree with you. It’s not just regarding Cleopatra. All the people in a new cartoon produced by comedian Kevin Hart are supposed to be Egyptian, but they look like they come from West Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.” We Egyptians are called “intruders” and “invaders” of our own culture.
- He continued, “I would not like to wake up one day to find that the American Museum of African American History and Culture claims that the Egyptian antiquities stolen in the British Museum belong to him,” wondering at the selection of a Nigerian-German heroine to perform in a work on ancient Egypt, asking, “Where are the Egyptian actresses? Where are the actors?” Arabs?
- And on this, the son of the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, commented on Bassem Youssef’s speech by saying: “You are absolutely right regarding that. The truth hit Bassem with strong points, well done.”
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