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The Flip Side: Of Cleopatra's controversial movie

Silja Fröhlich | Okeri Ngutjinazo | George Okach
May 19, 2023

Egyptians are furious: In a new Netflix documentary, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is being played by Black British actress. They say this distorts Egypt's identity. But does a black Cleopatra really steal Egyptian history?

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Silja Fröhlich is a German-born journalist.
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Okeri Ngutjinazo is a Namibian-born journalist.
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