On 10 May, the streaming giant Netflix is set to air Queen Cleopatra, a four-part drama-documentary which features the biracial Adele James in the lead role. The featuring of Cleopatra as a black woman has outraged Egyptians, not simply because solid historical evidence indicates she was fair skinned, but because the production has been categorised … Continue reading Netflix’s Cleopatra: Trouble is, it’s a “documentary”