Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing "African Queens" docu-series "Queen Cleopatra," which depicts the Egyptian ...

The Egyptian queen has fascinated me from childhood, but following the archives led only to ancient gossip and Roman propaganda. Fiction was the way to liberate her from misogynist myth ...

“African Queens: Queen Cleopatra” is coming under fire for casting a Black biracial actress as the titular Greek-Egyptian ruler. The docuseries, which premieres May 10, has been slammed for allegedly ...

Egyptian archeologists say they’ve discovered a previously hidden ancient tunnel that some believe could lead to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

A government-owned Egyptian broadcaster has responded the casting of a Black actress to play Cleopatra in the Netflix docudrama series “African Queens,” which streams from May 10, by announcing ...

The EP behind Netflix‘s Queen Cleopatra docu-drama has defended the casting of an actor of mixed heritage descent in the title role, stating that Adele James reflects the “multicultural nature of ...

CAIRO, Egypt (TND) — A lawyer in Egypt has reportedly filed a lawsuit over Netflix's depiction of famous Egyptian ruler Queen Cleopatra as a Black woman in a new season of a docudrama series. Most of ...

The African country took issue with the film’s misrepresentation of the ancient Egyptian ruler and claimed Cleopatra was “white-skinned” and should not be portrayed by a black actress, while others ...

The Ptolemaic queen of Egypt was a reason for a heated discussion when, in 2020, Gal Gadot was cast as Cleopatra in a Paramount Pictures’ film that never went to production. Apart from some media ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...