An Egyptian team of legal and archaeological experts called for UNESCO’s intervention and reaffirmed Egypt’s right to compensation from Netflix in principle in the amount of $2 billion for defamation of Queen Cleopatra and Egyptian identity.
This came in response to Netflix broadcasting a documentary about Queen Cleopatra, which portrayed her as a black actress, contrary to the truth, as the film constitutes a flagrant attack on Egypt’s cultural heritage.
Amr Abdel Salam, one of the team members, had filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court of the State Council to oblige the Egyptian government represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take all diplomatic measures.
He also called the Ministry to communicate with relevant international organisations, and to take regional and international litigation measures before the U.S. courts too stop broadcasting the Cleopatra movie on Netflix.
Moreover, they requested the platform and the filmmakers to pay financial compensation to the government and the Egyptian people as a result of the material and moral damages incurred by them as a result of the film’s production.
