‘Queen Cleopatra’ is announced by Netflix and causes controversy in Egypt

Netflix’s documentary section is one of the most interesting and prominent, not only on this platform, but in the entire streaming world, and now this service has announced a new docuseries that has aroused great interest, it is about ‘Queen Cleopatratitle which, in addition to being expected, has aroused enormous controversy in Egypt.

As the name indicates, ‘Queen Cleopatra’ will focus on the story of the famous ruler of ancient Egypt, a title that, being a documentary, should be as accurate as possible, a production that will show different dramatizations in its narrative. , and is the representation of the queen who caused outrage in the land of Egyptas I do not agree with the skin color with which this famous character can be seen.

The official trailer for ‘Queen Cleopatra’ reveals that this character has been represented with the British actress Adele Jamesgenerating the anger of many people in Egypt and causing even this country’s former antiquities minister and prestigious historian, Zahi Hawass, to launch a strong claim to the streaming giant, indicating that this queen was of Greek origin and had the fair skin , so this is not a good start for it new documentary series.

Cleopatra was Greek, which means she had fair skin, not black,” Zahi Hawass points out in a recent interview.

It is also worth mentioning that there have been calls for this production to be cancelled, similarly, it has been pointed out that all Egypt-related titles produced by Netflix are expected to be cancelledas according to the former antiquities minister, the platform only confuses people by showing inaccurate information, a charge which, it must be said, had already received this service in the past.

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It should be mentioned that the Netflix documentary series ‘History 101’ was heavily criticized in the Middle East for showing the history of this region of the world, as it generated comments indicating that it showed inaccurate data, which generated a very similar accusation to which is now receiving the next original production of this platform ‘Queen Cleopatra’.

When is ‘Queen Cleopatra’ coming out?

As one of the best-known historical figures, ‘Queen Cleopatra’ has aroused a natural interest in the public, a title that, despite these controversies, promises to be a great success on this streaming service, and the platform has confirmed that this production will reach its catalog in a few weeks.

‘Queen Cleopatra’ is part of the releases announced by the streaming giant for the following month, because all the chapters that make up this original documentary series for this service will be available from next May 10tha production that continues to be launched on the aforementioned date despite the outrage in Egypt.