"Queen Cleopatra", produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and presented as "based on reconstructions and expert testimony", will be broadcast on May 10. The trailer assures that this docu-fiction traces the life of the last pharaoh of Egypt, "fighting to defend his throne, his family and his work" Many netizens saw it as a rewriting of history while an online petition collected more than 40,000 signatures.
MP Saboura al-Sayyed has asked Parliament for the umpteenth time to ban the platform.