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Egypt is seeing red over Netflix’s new serial ‘Queen Cleopatra’. The portrayal of the historic queen by a biracial actress has prompted the Egyptian government to issue a statement, saying she was ‘light skinned and not Black’; a lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant and a local broadcaster said it would be running its own show based on her. But what race did Queen Cleopatra belong to?
Jada Pinkett Smith, executive producer and narrator of the new Netflix drama-documentary series Queen Cleopatra , says it was "really important for me" to highlight.
Casting of Black actor in upcoming drama produced by Jada Pinkett Smith has angered groups in Egypt who say it is ‘a falsification of Egyptian history’