"They Are Stealing My Culture!" Bassem Youssef On Netflix's 'Cleopatra' Casting
Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef and author Ernest Owens to debate Netflix hiring non-Egyptian actress Adele James to play Cleopatra in a new Netflix show about the Pharaoh Queen.
Bassem is quick to point out the hypocrisy shown by Netflix and Hollywood for trying to defend the 'cultural appropriation' of Egyptian culture whilst constantly defending other groups from the same thing. He adds that they are stealing his culture and that people like Kevin Hart feed into the problem by trying to 'rewrite history' of Egypt with things such as the pyramids and who built them.
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Love hearing the American telling the Egyptian that he is wrong about his own culture 🙄
Absolute fool! 🙄🙄
Exactly
If it was the other way around, expect riots. They dont want equality, it's privilege that they want.
A true American
Americans 🙄
An American telling an Egyptian about Egyptian history, fascinating....
Ancient Egyptians are dark skinned people
@@lbj2642 They are, but they too mingle with other races so it gave birth to Egypt now Bassem said it himself, the region of Kush and Nubia, all have different culture and skin tones Do people hate race/culture assimilation ?
@@lbj2642The Mali Empire was ruled by people from Scandinavia
@@lbj2642 can't go around making everyone Captain America
Right
He is right. If it is a documentary it has to be historically accurate.
Yup I'm on Bassem's side here !
Hamilton?
@@sisenor4091 That’s a musical
@filiptang113 still not accurate blacks playing white roles , nothing gets said about the movie White Chick's two black guys playing white women. Goes both ways.
@@31hallite In regular entertainment, musicals, tv-shows, movies, you are allowed to have creative liberties in your art. Like in the 2004 movie Alexander, Colin Farrell plays the role of Alexander the Great and his generals have Irish accents, because Macedonia was considered Rural in Ancient Greece. However in a documentary, it is expected that you are as close to the truth, that is available at that moment. The race swap is the least of its problems. The series simplify, misinterpret and even completely fabricate facts of thing like, the situation of Egypt and Rome in that period, how events actually folded out and the actual personalities and world views of people like Caesar, Octavian and Cleopatra.
It's amazing how far some people are willing to go to try to deny Egyptians their own history...
SMH! The current Egyptians are Arabs that migrated to Africa! The ancient Egyptians were black Africans with dark skin and nappy hair not straight hair like the current Arab Egyptians! SMH! Also, not one Arab had anything to say when Cleopatra was portrayed as a white women by white people! LOL! Its sad that some Arabs have adopted white supremacy ideology!
It’s NOT THEIR HISTORY. The ancient Egyptians have nothing to do with modern day Egypt. Just as the Americans have nothing to do with ancient “America.” Before them were the native indigenous peoples. NO CULTURE or RACE remains in the same location for OVER 5000 years. There’s always migration for various reasons due to natural weather calamities, available resources, war or a combination.
Baseem is arab, he has no right to speak, his people invaded egypt in the early middle ages and enslaved the real egyptians.
Baseem is arab, he has no right to speak, his people invaded egypt in the early middle ages and enslaved the real egyptians.
The guy on the right making faces because he has no argument while being schooled by the Egyptian guy is so infuriating. He knows he's losing the debate but he feels like his position is dogmatically morally correct so he keeps making childish faces because he cant handle losing.
No the Egyptian guy is being one sided hes dumb
Chill down, maybe he was just relieving himself, given how he looked.
@Radu Damian Seriously? Relieving? I mean, sometimes he's giving a face that looks like: Oh no, guys, it's getting a little bit out of hand. But most of the time, he just shakes his head in disagreement, and comes with the stupidest defenses, when there is no reason to defend this documentary that is full with lies and misinformation. If the guy could only think for a second about what he is saying. And yes it is infuriating, because Morgan for a second agreed with that Clown, that also why it's infuriating. I'm glad Pierce changed his mind at the end.
@PizzaTimeGuy just let them be ignorant, this kind of shiving things down people's throats is sinking, most people don't even watch them. Soon their platforms will go down, and we may start getting quality movies and documentaries back, and they'll be left in the dust. No need for putrage and stuff, imo
@Radu Damian I guess you're right.
The Egyptian: *giving sound arguments and historically accurate information* The American: *making sassy stank faces when disagrees*
Your comment is very understarred. Thumbs up from me :)
Greek Historian Herodotus: "Egyptians are dark skinned with wooly hair like their neighbors to the South, the Kushites. Americans don't want Egyptian history, but for Modern Egyptians to deny that Egypt was made up of Sub Saharan Africans and not the post Persian invasion Egyptians is ridiculous. As far as Egypt as a Nation yes it is your history because you're Egyptian, but to deny that Modern day Egyptians weren't the builders of civilization and the monuments is ridiculous.
@@jamescummings6703 You are completely misquoting Herodotus. Please learn to quote accurately instead of spreading misinformation. Herodotus described Egyptians as different from the people to the south in sub-Saharan Africa, and even if he did state they were the same (which he absolutely did not), Herodotus has been wrong / not completely correct about events in history.
as my grandmother said, there was no slavery in America, and black people themselves came to build the country.
@@zangecu1354 I remember my grandmother saying to me: *"I don't care what they tell you in school; Rosa Parks was Korean because of her name."*
I'm Iranian, and I have never met an Egyptian I didn't like. My best friend is from Egypt, I love Egyptians
As an Egyptian, much love to our Iranian brothers
🇬🇷 🇪🇬 🇮🇷 ancient brothers
From Somalia and most of us love Egypt and Turkey, two wonderful countries with great people and culture. Bassem is one of the funniest comedians, love him!!!
I'm Egyptian 💖greetnings to greece 🇬🇷 and iran 🇮🇷 .it's an honour.❤
Im greek and I like them too. They are our only neighbors who never tried to conquer us or had a land dispute with.
I have to agree with the gentleman from Egypt on this one. Who are in America to claim this thing is a documentary. We don't even teach Egyptian history in school. Not even African history. When I say African history I mean history about Africa. Not American African history in America. America is in no rightful position to say this Cleopatra is a documentary. That is very ignorant. Plus I also love how the guy on the right completely dodges the question about how he would feel if a white actor was chosen to play Nelson Mandela. He knew if he truly answered that question truthfully, he would have lost all credibility on Cleopatra.
People act like they are blind when it comes to African history. The statues of Egypt are very clear representation of the Black man. Those images look nothing like this fake Egyptian talking trash. Bream the noses all you want, tear down walls, hide history by any means necessary. The truth will still be revealed
Bassem absolutely destroyed the other guy, he had no idea what he was talking about and the disrespect against Egyptians and Greeks from him is honestly disgusting.
He looked uncomfortable at the end of it because he knew he was wrong and the irony of Ernest initially saying, "This is ridiculous" 🧐🤨
Are you assuming the "guy" gender??? Oohh you are gonna pissing them off good
destroyed the other trans faka ! how he can have knowledge about my country history, even myself as Egyptian who knows a few about the history can't know everything!
Woke nonsense!
oh no black people smh
Comedians are really some of the smartest people out there, plus, he's a doctor/surgeon too, huge respect for Bassem Youssef.
It's nice to have the opportunity to hear from an actual Egyptian (Dr. Bassem) talk about his heritage, rather than outsiders (e.g. black supremacists/Afrocentrists or neo-Nazis/Eurocentrists) who are attempting to appropriate/steal other people's heritage. Sadly, the Afrocentrists have proven themselves to be just as glib and evil as the neo-Nazis/Eurocentrists.
If he's a doctor, I'm Nelson Mandela.
@@Charlotte-vp2fu This is from Wikpedia: Bassem Youssef graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine, majoring in cardiothoracic surgery, in 1998. He passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination and has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) since February 2007.[7] He practiced as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Egypt for 13 years, until his move into comedy and political satirism.[8] He also received training in cardiac and lung transplantation in Germany, after which he spent a year and a half in the US working for a company that produces medical equipment related to cardiothoracic surgery. In January 2011, Youssef assisted the wounded in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution.[9] Youssef has credited surgery for making him "a much harder working person, a nerd, a perfectionist."[10] I thought you were dead Mr. Mandela. I'm a great admirer of yours.
Bassem is a cool name ngl
Yea fuck that Trans idiot faka who had zero common sense! I'm Egyptian and its funny to see those tv series & that owens guy like that !
Bassem is very ethical human, he has hunger strike against Boku Haram and killing of Christians, he went to Egypt and attacked government for building wall in Gaza, he was actively protesting every weekend against killing in Syria, he even started foundation for return of Jews in Arabs countries and stopping discrimination, giving Jews same rights like Arabs have in Israel. Very nice human being not Jews hater as people could think. He's also advocating loudly for the human rights in Iran. Wonderful human.
he did spread some casual lies about history which is something I can't stand, I think Bassem is passionate & kind person however I'm just wondering why is it wrong for egypt to build borders with gaza? every country has a borders!
Yeah, he isnt an anti-Semite, however his actions will barely do anything to the massive hate that still stands against Jews in Arab countrys. Its impossible to get Mizrahi Jews to move back. The best idea is just to not try and keep Israel. As long as Israel exists the Arabs will hate the Jews, and even if the Jews move out of Israel the Arabs will "revenge" or whatever. Bassem is good, even though I disagree with him on Gaza war.
So Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Those who know history knows Cleopatra was of greek origin.
I blame poor education standards of liberal American institutions
Most Americans don’t agree with this rubbish.
It's by design It's called dumbing America down I would like to go further which group is behind it but I'll stop for now
@@etaylor8028i hope so. As an Egyptian we are getting attacks from african Americans and our southern neighbours "sadan" so we suffering anyways thank you for supporting us.🥲♥️❤❤💖🇪🇬💖♥️❤
@@MariamYasser-ii5soAfrican Americans are now saying they aren't African but native American. America is becoming a country of idiots
@@etaylor8028yes they do i live in America
I’m Greek and I agree with Bassem. Things are getting so out of control, it’s ridiculous. If the tables were turned, there would be uproar.
I dont know if you are aware, but Netflix also portrayed ACHILLES as a black person in their Netflix series TROY 😂
And we will be cancelled so hard if that happen lol
I think this is the main point, I’m also Greek and I don’t care too much w/e Netflix does because it will likely be shit anyway. But the hypocrisy is unbelievable! Cleopatra was Greek, daughter of Ptolemy. This isn’t a question up for debate and I don’t see why this other man interviewed makes it seem like it is. It really is no different to if Brad Pitt was picked to play MLK.
@@joshyman221 Cultists use any excuse to kill and fight with civilised people. That is this, it's clear to see. Only a fool will believe it though. Do you think there are many people ON EARTH who read books - who don't 100% factually KNOW; that Cleo-Patra Esta Ptolemy is WHITE and GREEK from two WHITE GREEK PARENTS. There is NO BLACK IN HER ENTIRE FAMILY TREE AT THIS POINT. People are too thick these days, they are thick and go to thick school. So they end up thnking that a person called CLEO from a place called PATRAS in GREECE who is the dughter of WHITE PERSON PTOLEMY and his WHITE WIFE can possibly NOT BE WHITE HERSELF. Vandals and thieves and morons and cads. *Cleo is a white person Jewish feminine name, Patras is a place in Greece they are from, Ptolemy is the father and Cleopatras 6th was her mother. FACT IS that the reason these people wish to destroy our culture is because they are TERRIFIED OF ITS SUCCESS AND JEALOUS OF ITS HISTORY.* Cope. Scum. Racists and bigots in sheeps clothing claiming to be progressives!!
@Geeky Troll yes a blond with blue eyes as an black😅😅😅
As a South African I stand with Egyptians on this matter... I'm tired of the hijacking of history by the woke mob.
😏Jy is die vullis van kolonialisme, Afrika is slegs die kontinent van swart Afrikaneَ
fr we gotta stand w these countries
Explain Woke!
As an Egyptian, I thank you for your beautiful words And we know that there are good people like you Seriously thank you from the heart ❤❤
@@tshimomogudi51 As an Egyptian, I thank you for your beautiful words Seriously thank you from the heart ❤❤
Bassem is always on point!
Cleopatra wasn't black or Arab. She was Greek. She spoke Greek, and she was from a long line of European Greeks. She was part of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty.
Who said she was Arab?
@@victoirededieutchayomo2265 This guy, Bassem Yousaf, implied that there were connections between Cleopatra and modern Egypt. This isn't the case.
It’s true, she was Greek, and her mother and father was Greek, almost brother and sister
@@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99he was more implicating that the pharaohs were. Also ancient Greeks and Ancient Egyptian looked alike with olive toned skin etc. Jesus in fact was olive toned Palestinian
There is no race called arab dude
The biggest issue is because they are selling it as "DO-CU-MEN-TA-RY" as the doctor said. A documentary needs to be as accurate as possible.
Exactly. KEY word: DOCUMENTARY. Unfortunately most commenters seem not to unerstend what this meens.
No it’s docu-fiction… it’s very différent. I thought mermaids existed because of some damn docu-fiction. and I was ashamed to have told my friends that mermaids existed. You have to avoid docu-fiction, or check every piece of information. for the mermaids they had organized a fake autopsy of a mysterious creature found by the sea... the joke! Everything was wrong... I looked for the doctors in question... they didn't exist… when I read "docu-fiction", I now read "fiction", because you never know if what you are being told is true, or not.
Well, a "documentary" to some people still carries plenty of freedom for artistic expression, as well as cultural appropriation. LOL. If their feelings trump everything, a simple definition of "documentary" isn't going to stop them, imho.
You can't show these people anything. If you portray Aristophanes as black (even as a joke) they will be 100% be sure that historically he was black.
Exactly and when he used Elizabeth Taylor as an example she wasn't acting in something that was supposed to be historically accurate in the first place
The main issue is that they're calling this production a documentary and not a work of fiction.
It is accurate, Cleopatra was biracial just like the actress.
The main Issue is that man claiming to be Egyptian. All the Egyptian art is of black people. These guys speak Arabic Africans don't speak none of that unless they were colonised by the Arabs.
That is not the main issue. You just made that up. Here is the main issue: Youssef is exercising racism but pretends it to be a heroic quest for historical factual accuracy. Yet, he argued that Egyptians should tell their own story. The question is, which of the Egyptians will tell this story, the original Egyptians from Cleopatra or Arab invaders since 600 AD?
@@amenajackson8133 it is not accurate. If you know any history about this time period AT ALL, you would know that Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek. The Ptolemies practiced incest and inbreeding to keep their bloodline “pure”. No she was not African nor was she Egyptian.
@@myopinion4692 But you just made that up
I love how Americans get worked up over a fictional mermaid being "racially" inaccurate, but it's fine when it comes to an actual historical figure.
An American man telling an Egyptian historian about Egyptian history Gotta love it 😁
This is what Americans do best. They believe that what they know is the truth and everyone else is just wrong.
But he black!
this are indoctrinated black american, bcs no black african, i mean from Sub Saharan region would claim such nonsense! now they claim India was built by blacks, ii don't even know what they mean with black, bcs Ethiopian are from Africa, but have a different body structure then black Sub Saharan african, this is like claiming Norwegian vikings are like the Greeks, only bcs of a similar skin color! crazy simple, but it seems that simple works for american, they see a similar skin color, so he must be a "brother" eve if maybe his ancestor sold his people as slaves to other people!
the best part is she was Greek. But you all talk about racism. She was not even damn Egyptian
@@mirabdulrehman3161 the truth that she greek? or that she was profoundly inbreed? is that park of Egyptian history?
As a black West African, I must say I am tired of these people blackwashing every other culture. Why can't we tell our own stories?
As an Egyptian, my observation is this: the black gentleman is NOT African, but rather a North American belonging to an extremist political fringe movement. It is very sad that he knows so little about the amazing, rich, and ancient cultures of W. Africa. Conversely Bassem Youssef showed that he is far more knowledgeable about African culture than the person claiming to be African because he shares skin color with our African brethren. As a lover of history, i wish for the opportunity to travel W.Africa and see for myself all the things we were taught in history classes in our schools here. It also amazes me that we in Egypt learn more (and in a serious manner) about African history (in all its glory and detail) than AMERICANS such as that gentleman who claims to be a proponent of it. If he knew his history, he would be proud of it. He is trying to steal others' history because he doesn't know the greatness of the W. African heritage from where he may possibly come. There are many worldly, scholarly and educated Americans. He belongs more to the category of American who think pineapples DO belong on a Pizza, and that you can put ketchup on Caviar. Piers should have gotten an actual W.African (i have a personal fascination with Senegal) for an actual CREDIBLE opinion.
@@thomashenry1327You want to check with EO what are This EO's pronouns. This EO is not a he.
You're so right, the fact they hijack all popular history leaves all of us severely lacking in lesser known histories of Africa. Tell us the stories from the very diverse African peoples, that aren't so well known, bring them to light! If these writers and directors were focused on this pursuit it would do more for African history than any of this appropriation, which is actually a disservice to African history and culture!
Which is awesome by the way ! thank you !
agree
Cleopatra came from the Ptolemy dynasty of pharaohs. Ptolemy, whom the dynasty was named after was a Macedonian Greek and was a general in the companion cavalry lead by Alexander the Great. So Cleopatra's heritage is a mixture of Greek and Egyptian, that's roughly how she would be described.
Bassem is always right as usual. I totally agree with the fact that Hollywood always erases his people in every movie.
This dude making the silliest, most immature faces while Dr. Youssef explained and clarified his own points back to him is just all you need to know about who is right here.
It's really annoying, these woke idiots really have being annoying as a part of their personality
Exactly, it’s embarrassing smh
Well, he is obviously not pretending to be silly and immature, but is exactly that. Quite stupid and cheap of TV shows to invite such empty dudes who can't build a minimum idea in their heads but try to sell misery to other immature and ignorant people.
The ancient Egyptians were cattle herders. Modern Egyptians are primarily descended from camel herders (such as Berbers/Syrians/Arabs). Furthermore, the livestock found in modern Egypt isn;t the same breed as that of ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians herded a specific type of cattle known as the Sanga cattle which is no longer found in Egypt. The Sanga cattle has long horns and is mostly found amongst Nilotic groups (or Afro-Eurasian admixed groups who have significant Nilotic admixture such as the Fulanis, Northern Sudanese, Ethiopians, and Somalis). These are the groups who show clear morphological similarities to the people drawn on the walls of the pyramids. They are now found in the Sahelian regions of Africa. This region spans from Ethiopia to Mauritania. The DNA that connects all cattle herders in Africa is found the highest amongst the SOuth Sudanese Nilotic groups like the Dinka. Although the largest number of cattle is found in Ethiopia, the oldest of this cattle species was discovered in Sudan where the Dinka live, with a dating of 10,000 years. This ultimately debunks the claim that cattle domestication originated with Eurasian groups like ARabs (who are actually camel herders). I suggest you to read this study: "Cow about that! New research overturns traditional thoughts about domesticated cattle" In other words, the claim that Eurasians brought the cattle culture to Africa isn’t backed by any solid evidence - since the vast majority of Eurasian groups in Africa herd camel, sheep, and goats, not cattle. Berbers and Arabs, for example, are camel herders, showing that they couldn’t have been those ancient Egyptians drawn on the pyramid walls. The Sahelian cattle herders are the prototype of those ancient people drawn on the walls. Modern Egyptians are merely descendants of those ancient cattle herders. However, they’re not the prototype of the cattle herders since they now have significantly higher admixture from West Asia. Hence why their cattle looks different and they no longer have the same culture as the ancients.
He likes to do that and racism is his favourite topic, apart from being gay he is just annoying!
As an American, I'd like to apologize for letting this stupidity get out of hand.
I dont see this as an “america” problem; its a black propaganda problem by the rich blacks in america who are clutching at straws in their arguments
I feel the same way. It is so embarrassing.
As an Egyptian, I'd like to thank you for your apology, we know alot of you guys are against this madness just try to support us against that woke blkwashing nonsense guys
Act then, dont just apologize
@@royalroyal2210 this level of stupidity can't be fixed.
Bassem impresses me with his intellect every time I hear him speak. His knowledge of history is incredible. I want to see more of him on our screens 👏🏼
Yes, I’m sure Mr Bean impresses you with his intellect too.
He’s probably brighter than you 🤷🏻♀️
@@huolalupin6008You think Rowan Atkinson is stupid? This surely shows what you really are
@@MohammedShuayb If you think Rowan Atkinson is Mr Bean it rather shows what you are.
@@huolalupin6008 I think you have dementia
I’m proud of Bassem ❤every time you speak up I learn more about history.thank you so much 🤲and may god protect you against all evil Ameen 🤲❤️
As a Greek having watched a lot of Holywood movies on greek myths & history, I couldn't agree & relate more to Bassem Youssef. Egyptian history is marvelous and frankly nobody gives a damn about American guilt syndrome. History is history, truth is the truth and that's all that matters
Well said
Cleopatra was Macedonian, Greek!!!
There is no American guilt. It’s made up shit. Stop using woke language
“Nobody gives a damn about American guilt syndrome” Thank you & cheers from Egypt
soo true well said i tell so many time in our countries we dont have that american guilt syndrome
The other guy making ridiculous faces because he has nothing to argue with is hilarious
Youssef presented FACTS in a calm, collected manner & all that black queen could do was to make sassy ass faces on TV cuz she bitter she ain't chosen to play Cleopatra LAWL.
@@alyshmahell The oldest human specimen ever discovered in Egypt was Nazlet Khater 2 (NK 2). It was said to be 33,000 years old and was discovered in 1980 near Tahta in Upper Egypt. Morphological analysis of the Nazlet Khater mandible indicates that the specimen was distinct from the examined Late Pleistocene and Holocene North African specimens.[3] Ron Pinhasi and Patrick Semal (2000) found strong Sub-Saharan affinities in the 33,000 skeleton from Nazlet Khater, Upper Egypt as the authors noted "The morphometric affinities of the 33,000 year old skeleton from Nazlet Khater, Upper Egypt are examined using multivariate statistical procedures. The results indicate a strong association between some of the sub-Saharan Middle Stone Age (MSA) specimens, and the Nazlet Khater mandible. Furthermore, the results suggest that variability between African populations during the Neolithic and Protohistoric periods was more pronounced than the range of variability observed among recent African and Levantine populations."[4] Although the skeleton predates the Sub Saharans, the people alive today who are most closely affiliated with the skeleton are the modern day Sub Saharans and Australo Melanesians. Therefore, Nazlet Khater skeletons were ancestral to Sub Saharan Africans. Furthermore, modern-day Sub-Saharans lack SLC24A5, which was the allele associated with light and olive skin tones. This allele entered Africa AND EUROPE during the Neolithic. The lack of SLC24A5 in the vast majority of Sub-Saharan Africans indicates that Nazlet Khater 2 could NOT have looked like the man on the right. The man on the left is a better representation of the skin color of Nazlet Khater.
@@alyshmahell Aly calm down I didn't say everything yet 🙄 do you even know who Sulkalmakh is? the artist, never even explained how and why he chose the skin tone of the man on the right during the reconstruction. Other artists who do these reconstructions have clarified that skin colour is subjective, which means they don’t take into consideration the actual alleles. If they had, Nazlet Khater should be dark to black considering that SLC24A5 (which is associated with olive and tanned Mediterranean groups) was not in Africa until 10,000 years ago. It’s been proven many times that early upper paleolithic people were dark to black-skinned, not olive or tanned. Olive and tanned skin are associated with SLC24A5 from West Asia.It’s already been ascertained that even the early Europeans were all dark to black.
@@alyshmahell So, did you read the study: "Black Neanderthals, black blue-eyed Cro-Magnons"? Even Anthropologists have been investing significant effort in reconstructing the appearance of ancient humans, but who and why would be interested in the result? What is the use for knowing archaic human phenotype? 🤷♂️ We have an answer: from the very beginning, the reconstruction methods, in addition to merely satisfying scientists’ curiosity, had a very practical application - the forensic examination. In particular, anthropologists helped in putting names on unidentified remains. It’s already been ascertained that even the early Europeans were all dark to black. Oops!!😬 Honestly are you really ok with this?🤔 Considering the ancient skeletal remains linked to the Qadan culture, which were found in Jebel Sahaba (southern Egypt) were morphologically similar to Pygmies, it’s ludicrous to assume that olive skinned people (similar to Mediterraneans) would have been living in Nazlet Khater (next door to Pygmies). Nazlet Khater were most likely a tropical people similar to Niger Congo speaking Sub Saharans or Oceanic aboriginal groups. Other geneticists have claimed that Nazlet Khater, was linked to the Upper Paleolithic Europeans. Even if they were, all these ancient people were black-skinned. Honestly, are you proud of those ancestors? 🤔 Did you knew that there is a skull in South Africa linked to Upper Paleolithic Europeans? Pls read the article, the artist said the skull was closer to Australian Aborginees than to Khoi-Sans. Hofmeyer Skull Wikipedia says: "The Hofmeyr Skull is a specimen of a 36,000-year-old human skull that was found in 1952 near Hofmeyr, South Africa. It i.. The artist’s assertion that the skull was linked to Australian Aboriginees support a recent genetic study was released in April this year regarding the 45,000-year-old remains found in the Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. This is one of the oldest modern human remains ever found in Europe. The study reveals that these early Upper Paleolithic humans were more closely related to East Asians than to West Eurasians or today's Europeans. Oops.. 😬 _‘’DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populations to venture into Europe, including extensive interbreeding with Neanderthals and genetic links to present-day East Asians.’’._ So it is more possible that Nazlet Khater, along with the first upper Palaeolithic Europeans, was linked to the aboriginal folks that occupied most of South East Asia (aka the Papuans and Australian Aboriginees). Their distant relatives (who also lived in North East Africa) most likely lived next door to Mota (the individual whom most humans descend from). Skin colour-wise, all these ancient North Africans would have been dark to black-skinned, but might have displayed varying genetics and phenotypes. Papuans display a much closer phenotype and skin tone to Nazlet Khater 2. Reference: The position of the Nazlet Khater specimen among prehistoric and modern African and Levantine populations The morphometric affinities of the 33,000 year old skeleton from Nazlet Khater, Upper Egypt are examined using multivariate statistical procedures.
Just dislike the documentary. Make it known to them that WE are paying THEM! KZhead gave me an error when I put the name of the company making this documentary 😂
Egypt for Egyptians
Cleopatra was Greek though.
When did Arabs get to Africa? Surely they have something like the Ishango Bone? Or a Dr. like Philip Emeagwali.
@@nedisahonkey I know
@@MarvelJm-bj2ujwho’s in your pfp?
@@beastkiller6996 I don't know, I found this picture on Pinterest
South Africa is what has happened to Egypt!!
I love how Bassem came prepared , well informed and answered every claim and he spoke with confidence while all the other guy did was acting like a 6 year old kid who doesn’t like his broccoli on his dinner plate.
You could tell he doesn’t like brócoli 😅
Omg that's exactly the face he had!
@@cleansingrhythm I think he is woke 🤡🤡
Touché
Bet he doesn't like p**** either
This is one of the cases in which cultural appropriation makes sense. It's not a singer wearing a Kimono, it's literally stealing the history of a country and having the nerves to put the inhabitants of that country as the ones that stole that history. This is a gross falsification of one of the most important cultures of human history.
Actually according to DNA evidence. Modern Egyptian DNA came after 600Ad. Ancient Egyptian DNA is more from the Levant and Europe than Arab.
@@martthesling And again. Cleopatra was Greek. NOT NUBIAN. Take this on board.
@@martthesling Lmao what? You literally made that up, because genetic scientists all over the world agree that modern-Egyptians have at least 70% similar genetics to ancient Egypt. At this point you're not better than these afrocentrists trying to blackwash Egypt.
@@martthesling that is Completely false
@@martthesling Arabs live in Arabian peninsula Egypt is a fertile valley land . We have always been the most populous nation because of the Nile and easy agriculture. You can’t ethnically cleanse a settled agricultural society without untold massacres.. which never happened . Also . We have a national genome project .. you can’t steal our history .. won’t happen
The reporter keeps forgetting the concept of " documentary "
Well done Bassem. Thank you for informing me. I didn't even know this was a thing. As always, bassem, you put your point across so well
The comedian was being polite and calling gentleman to another one while the another was making childish facial expressions almost all the time he was offended. Class speaks!
Nah, he is just queer. Those people make a lot of facial expressions, but not meant as a disrespect.
The faces were indeed extremely annoying, but the guy was otherwise quite respectful as far as I'm concerned
@@ThefamousMrcroissant Disrespect isn't limited to your vocal senses, it also includes facial expressions. You wouldn't sit in a civil discussion and make those cringe faces to express opposition. There are numerous other faces he could have made, yet, he choose the most childish ones. Very mature!
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I believe you got it wrong. It was the comedian making the faces. Its typical American behaviour when told they are wrong.
“This is not the little mermaid” - This man is a beast! 😂💚
he settled that debate in less than a second lol
ironic, the little mermaid got played by a black women recently lol
And they kept saying “mermaids aren’t real! WhO cArEs!?” Well cleopatra was real and you feel the need to remake her in your own narcissistic image
He is a comedian, Used to be TV host and he is a Surgeon
@@nekojin1164 that was the point of his bringing it up
CLEOPATRA WAS WHITE!! SHE WAS GREEK, DECENDING FROM THE PTOLOMNY DYNASTY.
EXACTLYYYY
@@MariamYasser-ii5soshe was of mixed heritage but not pale skinned white, most Greeks are of olive complexion anyway. She was definitely not black
@@Samuel-tc7nfyupp absolutely and we modern Egyptians we are very pale btw and olive and some people are brown so we are diverse and i think it's beautiful and so was the pharoas they were olive just like us now.
@MariamYasser-ii5so The Egyptians were not olive-skinned, but were mostly brown in color
@@user-ib1gh8by2q Olive skinned isn't white in color, it means brown or brownish in color.
This is like watching a thief get mad cause someone stopped him from stealing. These people wish they could be us so bad it drives them insane.
I'm happy Egypt sues Netflix for 2 billion. That'll teach those clowns.
Where are they going to sue them in American court 😂😂😂
As an Armenian, I massively admire Bassem. I couldn't relate more to his words. The culture of Egypt can't be overrun by a country with barely 245 years of history. Heլլ no!
Bravo! As a Greek thank you from the bottom of my heart for speaking up. I'm very touched.
I’m not claiming Cleopatra was dark skin. But was most certainly more dark skin than the majority of Egyptians appear now. People need to understand Egypt was the melting pot of the world at this time. So also for the Egyptian to claim that it’s “his culture” at a time when the world itself was trying to find its identity is laughable, centuries over intermixing in the most conquered place on the face of the planet have led the Egyptians to the complexion they are currently Edit - Greek women aren’t pale. Especially for that period. So why is everyone mad ?
@@agencsystems4001 no she had red hair
@@agencsystems4001 Cleopatra was Greek! And that Netflix is a Joke thing they produced is not a documentary. They are telling the world this very thing in the re-imagined word used by the directoror and the Grandmother issue in the official trailer. They are trolling the world. Why doesn't anybody realize This? It is Mr Bassem Youseff's heritage and culture and rightly so. He is very articulate and knowledgeable. Listen to video again, he covers the entire spectrum.
@@agencsystems4001 It's not the skin tone he was complaining about.
That guy on the right… so disrespectful with his faces. He’s obviously never studied history.
Or manners
Rolling his eyes like he knows better.. smh
he did not study anything, he only learned to take advantage of the system by victimizing himself for being black and a member of the lgbt community
Nope, but he's studied Afrocentrist nonsense in depth. He's convinced that the Egyptians were black, the Phoenicians were black, the Moors were black, Beethoven was black, Shakespeare was black, etc., etc., etc. It's what happens when you fill an empty head with BS.
@@gaetanomaximus8650 don't forget that the Japanese were black, the Irish were black, the Vikings were black as well.
Yes, Jake Gyllenhaal played a persian prince in "Prince of persia" despite not being persian or even looking persian. But that movie also prominently featured time travel using magic sand... And most importantly, it didn't claim to be a DOCUMENTARY.
He definitely does look Persian.
Bassem was 1000% right and its a shame he didnt get the platform to expand, I wanted to hear more.
As a black american im actually glad that someone from Egypt actually pushed back on this. I actually feel very embarrassed when we have americans try and tell other groups of people their history. It goes to prove how arrogant and very ignorant we can be. I 100% in agreement with Bassem on this one.
Whites have lied to the Black Diaspora for centuries whitewashing history. You need to educate yourself or keep quiet. There is a ton of scholarship and research on the whitewashing of Blacks from history as well as stolen patents, copyrights and inventions. Also Arabs are NOT real Egyptians.
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But why are Muslims so upset about a Greek woman , who may or may not have been mixed race ...but are ok with the lie that they literal descendants of the people who built the pyramids?
@@ctruth6185 THE ONE WHO DOSNT HAVE HISTORY COME TO STEAL OURS
Was Cleopatra Black? Some people were upset that the role of Cleopatra in a new movie would go to a Black actress. kzhead.info/sun/Z5dmqM2teIaBi4U/bejne.html
I am Nigerian and I thoroughly enjoyed Bassem Youssef’s argument. He came prepared. Let them tell their stories themselves.
Did you become a Nigerian because you live in the country? The bloodline comes from the forefather linage and not a country
🤺☦🇷🇺Yes. No, there isn't no "ambiguity" about Cleopatra's identity!!! Westerners are so ignorant and don't know ancient history!! God!🤦♂️😂First of all, Egyptians (ancient and today's!) are by definition BLACK - meaning the African race. They are light black (shade of brown), and secondly, Cleopatra wasn't racially Egyptian at all! She was a Greek and she was queen in the era when Egypt was under the rule of the Macedonian Ptolemy dynasty. She was White!! Those westerners are sooo f**** shallow and dцmb, God!!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Hello Cousin ! As Tunisian our ancestors have mixed a lot with your who give us beautifull curly hair, musculed bodies and beautifull brown skin ! Thanks !😁
@@yoyoit1587 Absolutely!!!! I have Black Egyptian friends and when we visit them in Egypt a few years ago, they showed me and my family their statutes and paintings on the walls of the Museum in Giza in Egypt, and they also took me and my family to get our Visa to go back to America, and we saw with our own eyes the black Egyptian paintings on the outside walls of the Embassy building.
@Pablo Again, a country doesn't determine your bloodline, your father's lineage does.
The ancient Egyptians were neither Arab nor Muslim!
Very very true statement.
They were not africans
muslim is a religion any one can be muslim also saying that egyptians are arabs because they were conquered by arabs is like saying that indians are british because they were conquered by Britain
Gotta love the book up there "The Case for Cancel Culture", sums it all up. It's even on the "left" of the screen...
English is not even his second language and he still made a better argument than the other dude. Take that into account
Except he wasn't reasonable, the both were unreasonable.
😂Egypt 🇪🇬 is in AFRICA!!! They are a mix of African & other colonizer dna 🧬. But if you ever go to Egypt you will see that they are 🗣️VERY MUCH BLACK!!! They just don’t want to be black. Nobody in west Africa is trying to steal their culture. They’re the “sensitive” ones. They’re the ones trying to ERASE the African off themselves. They are liars! Many times they’re angry 😡 yelling at darker Africans in the streets, “🗣️Heya Sudani! 🇸🇩” to be racist. He can say what he wants but reality don’t lie!!!
@@TheMusicalKnokcers L take
@@TheMusicalKnokcers the arabs back then are not the same arabs now, arab is an umbrella term for everyone who speaks arabic as their first language it’s not a term to describe ethnicity maybe the word “arab” used to be a term for a certain race but now it’s used differently.
@@TheMusicalKnokcers Take other L Mr KZhead Professor. If u don't even know what arabs are and where this term come from you shouldn't talk about it. Nowadays almost everyone is called arab. But i don't blame you for not knowing that, in fact almost everyone in the west is the same. Here in germany, where i come from, they don't know the difference either especially between turks and kurds, sometimes they even use the term "arab" for them, which is ridiculous.
"An american way of talking about it" HE'S SO RIGHT
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Woke culture is just the evolution of western imperialism :D
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I’m an American, that’s just “a woke” way of thinking.
Bassem 100% correct. The American is just ignorant.
The rulers of Egypt in that era were of macedonian greek origin . Now if that actress had played the role of Nefertiti then no one would have argued .
Really, how about instead of the 100th Cleopatra production they do one on Nefertiti or Hatshepsut instead.
Nefertiti depicted as perhaps one of the lightest in complexion in most of her statues having an olive like Mediterranean complexion similar to the other 21 Mediterranean countries
Nefertiti was not black and the ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan. Stop falsifying history
I felt like the Egyptian man’s argument went over their heads. The fact that he had to repeat the reason why people are upset is because it’s a documentary and is supposed to be historically accurate was upsetting.
Egyptian player Ahmed Hossam Mido looks like the statue of Ranefer. Ranefer has two statues, a statue when he was young and a statue when he was older and bassem youssef looks like the seated scribe statue in paris also egyptian actress sawsan badr looks like nefertiti
Cleopatra tomb is literally still not have been found, so how can it be historical accurate? Historians themselves have admitted they can’t 100% confirm anything
its a docuseries, its a retelling of the story! as long as the DETAILS are accurate it doesn't matter what colour someone is, you're just low key racist! the same time of person that probably complained that aeriel in the new little mermaid is black. You're focusing on one tiny detail, the worse part is ... airing this show doesn't make EVERY history book in the world change. they're all the same. you all need to just get a grip
The original Egyptians were Afrikans. Afrika was a black continent. Even th r Palestinians were black and brown. How many times was Kemet invaded. Too many. The statues and the dead are proven to be Blacks/Afrikans/ Nubians.
@@donnaking7902 Africa is a very big continent and even in a small continent like Europe you see varieties of skin colour and phenotypes.
Those facial expressions made Basim’s argument even stronger. Take notes kids, making weird faces doesn’t help 📝
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It just makes you look unprofessional and childish.
It really made him seem like he is taking the whole situation as a joke rather than a serious issue that needs addressing
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Interesting how Egyptians have no problem with blue eyed British actors portraying Egyptian characters in countless of films, almost at nauseum. Yet a black actor portraying an Egyptian is a total affront to the nation? Really? They had the same reaction with Anwar Sadat was portrayed by Louis Gossett Jr. If Anwar Sadat walked down 125th Street in Harlem, he'd blend right in with the locals. Likewise, if he were caught in a "Sundown" town in the deep south after night fall...he'd find himself in big trouble! I shake my head over this incessant colorism that never goes away. Yet, this same comedian will turn around and expect African Americans to come to the defense of his people after he spits in our faces all over our color...incredible.
The problem is that this netflix show is labelled a DOCUMENTARY. Define documentary? a film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report on a particular subject. It has to be as close as possible to the facts and historically accurate. Cleopatra was Greek-Macedonian, from the Ptolemaic dynasty that values blood purity so much that they don’t mix with other races/nationalities. That’s why there was a backlash. We can forgive the 1940’s to 1960’s adaptations when the world was less informed and blatantly more white washed but when you claim it is a DOCUMENTARY, the FACTS matter. Creative liberty has to be set aside.
@@rennazhang426 The documentary of Anwar Sadat was not made int he 40s/60s, it was made in the 80s they earliest. The uproar over having an Egyptian black appearing historical figure portrayed by a black appearing American actor was astounding. Guaranteed, if he were portrayed by Tom Hanks (or some white British actor) instead of Louis Gossett Jr, there would have been No concerned expressed. Face it, this is anti-black hate coming from people like Mr. Youssef and those issuing the lawsuit.
@@sherwoodla6535For Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat, the issue is purely political, and the uproar that arose about the film is because of its story, not the actor, and it has nothing to do with skin color and race. Stop fishing in murky waters and claim that we Egyptians are like you, Afro-Americans. You are mixed with whites, Latins, and Native Americans, and you are not original Africans.
@@user-ib1gh8by2q The people bombing the crap out of your people in the middle east for decades don't look like me, yet you reserve the most hate for us. SMDH.
Love when there's a debate between an intelectual (Bassem) vs a clown
A clown who's certified to talk to a scholar on tv because......blackness? Lol it's insane
Even in the movie "night at the museum" which is a comedy movie they chose an Egyptian actor "Rami Malek" for the Egyptian king role and didn't pick a random guy for it, thank you Dr. Bassem for a great argument.
This!
Oh yeah, he played Akhmenrah. Good notice
Good point!
In fact when they picked Rami Malek a lot of black Americans were very angry claiming that Rami Malek was too light skin and Hollywood was being racist by casting an Egyptian instead of a black America.
@@godofchaoskhorne5043 really? But he is ACTUALLY Egyptian 😅
I love how Bassem casually mentioned the stolen Egyptian artifacts to an ACTUAL BRITISH!! Very subtle! 😂❤
Their negro people.
Egyptian player Ahmed Hossam Mido looks like the statue of Ranefer. Ranefer has two statues, a statue when he was young and a statue when he was older and and bassem youssef looks like the seated scribe statue in paris also egyptian actress sawsan badr looks like nefertiti
He nailed it wallahy 😂♥️
Yessss!!!!😂😂😂
I'm English and I agree, grave robbing is bad.
I agree with every point this Egyptian is making
Cleopatra was not black, neither was Jesus. Get your history lessons right.
I’m Spanish and I totally supprt Dr. Bassem. If you call it fiction, it’s ok, but when you call it documentary…it’s a bad joke
Earnest Owens is sitting in front of the world’s smallest bookshelf, of which, most of the space is occupied by his own books (narcissist). The biggest act of appropriation is not from the documentary, but from Owens himself. He’s trying to play the role of an academic, but his comments and facial expressions scream ‘TMZ reporter’
I hope they have a realistic description of her boat ride with Julius Caesar on the Nile. Only saying this since it is a documentary.😂
Egyptians should be used to americans and british stealing their culture. American and British musea are full of stolen goods from egypt.
BLM are🐒🦍🦍 that's not Cleopatra
There aren't black Egyptians? Before the Arabs invaded Africa which color were the Egyptians?
As a black woman, I also very much agree that we should stop black washing everything, especially if we’re going to get mad if roles were reversed! The double standards are appalling Edit: damn I was not expecting my post to blow up. Erm… I read some of the comments but I’m not going through everything. Yes, I am black. But I love that people think I’m not because I disagree with black people trying to take over everything. To the people telling me I should research my history, I think you should actually do the same. Cleo was more European than she was black. There are also many depictions of her that still exist, statues and coins that do not show her looking any type of black. She may have had some in her but not enough to make her look like the actress used. If you’re going to make an HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY then use the right people to represent, and don’t have someone in the trailer saying “I don’t care what they teach you in school, Cleopatra was black” that’s just factually incorrect and insulting to her culture.
You're a confident educated person.. All love n support frim your Egyptian sister 🤍
Thank you for your voice of reason! At long last it is called ACTING = IMPERSONATING somebody you likely are not in your real life. To from now on only let people play what they are in real life (e.g., only straight people are allowed to portray straight people...) would IMO kill the film industry -> *tumbleweed* in deserted Hollywood streets, and even more dramatically educated waiters...
@@nourhanashraf2015 😴😴😴
Thank you for your honesty
We always have 1!
While anti-Black racism is prevalent around the world, this example does demonstrate the unchecked American privilege over the rest of the world, even when the American is non-white. The problem is not that the actress is black, it’s that she’s not Egyptian and from a Western imperial country.
Culture isn't ALL they steal.
This is a clear example of someone who knows what he’s talking about vs someone that conducted a 3 min google search. Thank you piers for bringing on Bassem 💯
Exactly😂
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Spot on but unfortunately those the sell the cancel culture agenda are only capable of clicking on Wikipedia
I wouldn't excpect from rainbow flag weaver any knowledge. Hence all those stupid faces.
Yes! I agree
"First of all this is not a work of fiction. This is a documentary! There is a huge difference. This is not The Little Mermaid, which is a fictional character where anyone can play anything."
STILL GOT KICKBACK THOUGH!!! DIDNT SHE!!
@@wethepeople3381 SO? You start taking it out on ACTUAL HISTORIC FIGURES?
@@marbella135 You are wrong! KNOW YOUR HISTORY!!!...You will soon learn the truth! I will not teach you, but do your research!
@@wethepeople3381 oh please let a dark skinned Greek who’s studied history know what they’re talking about. 😂😂😂😂
why egyptian are angry, you guys are muslims,who worship their arab master ,rather than their own culture
Piers is a great moderator and he has so much class! I enjoy watching him much more than anyone on CNN, MSNBC or Fox or any major network. The man knows how to ask the right questions and he knows how to listen and most importatnly, he can control an unruly crowd without coming off as rude.. I have great respect for his expertise and technique.
The problem was that this was pushed on as a documentary and not a fictional movie. If you name your "movie" a documentary then you imply that it depicts truthful facts, that is what documentary is supposed to be. Call it a movie, dont call it a documentary making millions upon millions of illiterate people believe that cleopatra was black and african, when in fact she belonged to the greek dynasty she was of greek macedonian origin as youssef correctly stated.
I'm not Egyptian but I agree with basseem. This is ridiculous and the afrocentric movement is getting out of hand
Not ‚is‘ … ‚has‘
Were you also outraged Joel Egerton played Ramases and Christian Bale played Moses? Cus I don't remember Piers turning into a snowflake over that
Of course you agree with him. Everyone will take the side of whomever when someone Black is across from them. The same people who watched and had no problem with Cleopatra being played by Elizabeth Taylor now have an issue: I wonder why......... Jesus being shown as a pale, straight, thin-haired man is okay even though the Bible clearly states he had hair of wool and olive skin.
@@moniqueuu8777 Most of the people commenting weren't even alive when Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra. Hollywood was much smaller back then and so was the pool of actors they picked from. Blackwashing is just as silly and disrespectful as whitewashing.
@@moniqueuu8777 we don’t care about your racial fight in USA or Europe , get your origins in central and west Africa .. again he said it all its not about black or white it’s about Egyptians representation of their history not others
Man on the left is spitting facts, while the dude on the right makes idiotic expressions in return, because that's all he can do. What a great conversation!
Son of invaders of Egypt spewing rotten lies. Apollodorus, the Greek philosopher, described Egypt as "the country of the black-footed ones" and the Latin historian Ammianus Marcellinus said "the men of Egypt are mostly brown and black with a skinny desiccated look." These are EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS of Ancient Egypt. Not the witness of a son of Arab invaders of Africa spewing lies on TV in 2023. You never built a damn thing in your own lands. But you somehow got to Africa and magically began building huge pyramids and temples. Oh sure.
Cuz he cancel culture rainbow warrior
Man of the left sounds stupid man on the right is correct but because YT people are so racist, of course you idiots agree with him
Wtf I thought it was chick 😂
@@lordofmindsgames Maybe identifies as one on the weekend...
Cleopatra had Greek ancestors. She wasn’t black . 4:36. Also ancient Egyptians are not Muslim/ Arabs !
Exactly
She wasn't white either. You ever see Greek people? They're usually brown, often more than Middle Eastern people even.
@@beastvaderyou close your mouth and let your ass talk. Never been in Greece yet talking with this confidence
Modern Egyptians are not ethnic Arabs but cultural Arabs. Egypt was conquered by 4000 Arabs and there is no record whatsoever of any genocide committed by the Arabs.
@RickyVis so are Nigerians culturally British???
Listening American talking about anything relating to history is like listening a 5 yo kid taking about quantum mechanics.
I’m Nigerian and honestly I couldn’t agree more with bassem how can an outsider dictate a native how his or her history should be told that’s just madness
Holly wood is good in taking oder people glory
Thank you, i feel African Americans don’t really understand Africa like Africans actually living in Africa
@@Sema-Tawy americans don't really understand anything to be honest , Hollywood is a joke
@@Sema-Tawy most AA don't care about what goes on in Africa
@@stonedecatur6602 literally right now Sudan is under fire. I don't see any African American artist saying a word about it or the world acknowledging that Egypt's neighboring country is in a serious crisis.
It's not about the allowing a black woman to play Cleopatra, it's about claiming she was in a black woman and appropriating other people's history and culture. This is not fictional - this is a documentary, technically speaking. And the claim is made several times in the promotion.
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Ancient Egypt = black africans Modern Egypt = Invaders Romans , Turks , Greeks, Persians, Hyksos, Arabs, Syrians etc Todays Egypt 2023 is run by arab/Turks. You also have more immigrants from Yemen , Palestine , arabs etc
More of a miserable _wokumentary._
No..., the Black's of Egypt, Cush, Kemet, and Ethiopia ain't taking no shit from you Edomites anymore.., and now.. we want our shit back.... it is what it is.... Esau... colonizers you can tell your Arab friends to get ready to move around, for the true owners/heirs of the lands will soon return to reclaim it as our own....
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They both make good points. It is sad to me that less attention goes to other historical empires. I think the Egyptians know of being blended, and they understand their climate was different in history. The whole world was different with many skin colors of people blended then, too, all brothers and sisters of humanity. Specifically, we should allow the Egyptians to educate us instead of our Misinform Culture and our Cancel Culture .
To be fair, the native Egyptians were second class citizens in Ptolemaic Egypt. Not sure how much Cleopatra Philopator the 7th qualifies as ‘Egyptian culture’. There’s no ambiguity as to Cleopatra’s very royal Macedonian (Greek) lineage. Her native language was Koine Greek and she was not the only Cleopatra (Cleopatra btw means pride to the father).
well said.
It's isn't about Cleopatra herself. The show was portraying the Egyptians as black.
"I'm sorry to disagree with the gentleman" - Bassem Youssef being 1000x more polite than I would be...
PLEASE HELP SAVE THE HORSES AND CAMELS THAT ARE BEING HORRIBLY ABUSED IN EGYPT AND GREECE!!! ❤️🩹💔❤️🩹💔😭😭
@@tamarascott120 yes!!!
@@tamarascott120 Hey Tamara whaddup sugar baby ain't you suppose to be more focused bout the issues facing African mothah f**kin Americans with education, poverty and high crime rates so they can be more educated and civilized people like the others? Good luck with dat queen 😂
Dr Bassem Youssef. Thank you for standing up strongly and elequently. We in Egypt are so proud of you.👍🤗💪. Hisham Abbas.
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As an Egyptian, I'm so proud of Bassem and thank you Bassem for being our voice there and delivering our message.
كلما فخورين بيه بس هو فين دلوقتي
He's an incredibly smart man unlike the other troll.
We all know the truth. Even them. Great Egypt no one can match you. Love from Greece!
@Jermar Williamson enough with your grandma stories
@JermarWilliamson it's funny to me how you trying to teach real Egyptians in the comments about their history lol you're not even an Egyptian yourself so why do you think you are qualified to teach someone their history xD
It's well known that Greek Macétonian people are black with afro hair.
Where's all of this outrage from Egyptians over Netflix the story of Moses?
Do you like not understand English? This was a “Documentary” it has to narrate facts and not fan made theories, Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek and not black, that’s a fact, you can hate it all you want but it’s a fact. The Moses Netflix series isn’t a documentary. Yet it did boil our blood to see that the cast are non-Egyptians, and there are many Egyptian actors they could have easily casted. Instead they picked an Iraqi and a bunch of non-Egyptians. Comes at a no surprise that they are specifically releasing it right now when we all are focused on the P@lestinians issue. We are aware of it, and we are aware of how they are trying to distract us with their false series.
@@Joeriks2 As usual we see excuses for the obvious double standard. Especially when it's racial. I'm not surprised.
@@mic187x2 are you soft in the head?? I literally said we are not fine with their portrayal either. DID YOU MISS THAT PART FROM MY COMMENT?? Or did you miss the part in which I said it’s their way of distracting us from the Palestinian issue??? keep your IGNORANT judgement to yourself, no one cares for it.
“We can appropriate your culture, but you can’t appropriate ours” basically
Exactly. Morgan asked him: "How would you feel if a white actor played Nelson Mandela." and then his response was: "Well, there would be historical inaccuracies." LOL
Ancient egyptians were mostly of sudanese ethnicity like the nubians, meaning from sudan. There were some or significant amount of ethnicities that people would associate as arabic/mid-eastern, but they werent the majority. And there DEFINITELY wasnt a European tan white majority (except cleopatras era, which is far from egypt own prime)
@@myrnaa1077 The ORIGINAL so-called Egyptians were called KEMITES and their land was called by what they named it which is KEMET. The Greeks when they invaded KEMET re-named it EGYPT. They not knowing the language thought the KEMITES were saying EGYPT. It was the black KEMITES who built the pyramids, monuments, sphinx etc. That is why the invaders were so mesmerized by KEMET, their societies did not create nothing close to KEMET. Those people over there today are EGYPTIANS, they did not build KEMET, they are the descendants of invaders. Black people are not Egyptians, our ancestors were KEMITES or the black people who built the pyramids and everything else in what you call Egypt were KEMITES. We would do those ancestors a disservice by calling them Egyptians the INVADERS, not the builders of KEMET The bible called those black KEMITES.....MIZRAIM the descendants of a son of HAM. Look that up in the bible.
@@myrnaa1077دايرين ف الكومنتات تتسولوا الاهتمام وكله متفق مع دكتور باسم .. انتوا بائسين جدا والله وبتشحتوا الحضارة حرفيا ومحدش معبركم بردو
@@myrnaa1077 groidette alert
As a Greek enthusiast of African history, it was soothing to hear Bassem accurately and easily name all those kingdoms (the points made in naming them not lost either) while the other guy stood out as a “Africa is a country” type of guy
The other guy is the product of American education 😂
@@AhmedAshraf-pd7mu Correct!
Yup. Yup. Yup. American commentator: The world is black and white, get with the program. Bassem: Egyptian heritage is complex and historically impactful......... Good GOD,NETFLIX you are WRONG.
@@AhmedAshraf-pd7mu @Ram Tadka very heart warming to hear some understanding of Africa on the internet
@@AhmedAshraf-pd7mu Exactly. 'Murica!!!
Next we should make a documentary on a black George Washington, who used a Lamborghini to invade the Persians
He is Egyptian but still admits that Cleopatra's heritage goes back to Macedonian-Greek culture, so he's showing he knows history and cares more about the facts.
Yeah, the other guy saying Cleopatra "definitely wasn't white" just shows his blatant ignorance and bias. All that is known historically of Cleopatra's descent points to ancient Macedonian (i.e. Greek) through the Ptolemaic dynasty. Could she have had Egyptian ancestry too? It's possible but there's no historical evidence. So it's actually much more accurate to assume she was white than anything else (unless Greeks don't count as white anymore).
No, she couldn't have any, cause she's a royal not a commoner and her whole dynasty was about consanguineous marriages to secure their lineage. Her parents were related to one another. @@gregtoolson4838
@@gregtoolson4838Greeks are still white😂😂😂.
It’s insane how this documentary was made by people that have zero knowledge about Egyptian history, while the Egyptian biggest archeologists and Egyptologist who spend their lives studying and discovering things, are literally screaming that this is all BS and being ignored
@@gregtoolson4838zero chance. That line was kept pure. No record of intermarriage
As a Greek i wholeheartedly agree with our Egyptian brothers
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Respect bro
As a Greek Egyptian, i approve of this message😂
As a french man I agree to !
Sending love and respect from Egypt 🇪🇬 to our Greek brothers 🇬🇷
9:00 😂😂😂green shirt guy
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Cleopatra of Greek origin and her Greek ancestors left after Alexander the Great
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Ironically, Cleopatra was neither black nor Arab, she was Greek, very white, very Hellenic
Her origins are Greek Macedonian, but she is an Egyptian queen and she was in the Ptolemaic era in Egypt. She was born in Egypt in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and also died in Egypt in the same city. She has no connection to Greece other than her roots only, but she is an Egyptian queen of belonging, identity, birth, upbringing, and death.
she was bulgarian
What made her great was not her origin, she was an African queen and Africa is diverse, she defended her people's traditions, the greatest civilization ever, an ensemble of races.She was human and a brilliant educated woman.not very pretty though.
@@ivanbarbosa81no she Was Egyptiannot "african" Egypt exsisit between north Africa and Asia if you don't know. She Was An Egyptian queen of a greek origin. Definitely not "black" nor other Egyptians.
Actually, Cleopatra was only one quarter Greek (through her paternal line), half Black (through her maternal line), and one quarter something else. This does not make her a Caucasian or European woman by any stretch of the imagination. She was a racially-mixed woman.
“This isn’t the little mermaid” 😂 well said!
Just like Tolkien's great, iconic and humanistic works of art weren't, I would add.
have you watched it? Bet you haven't
@@AuthenticCity boo 👎
@@AuthenticCity why do you care?
Why is it okay to replace Europeans with non Europeans but not the other way around?
That dude on the right did not deserve to be called a gentleman. Great job Dr Youssef keeping your cool and explaining the facts
I know my blood was boiling towards the end when he was getting schooled on real history, he just gave the dismissive arrogant smirk towards the end.
Facts based on what? The colonizer's decree. Dr Youssef is of Arab ancestry. When a conqueror invade a land it rewrites it's history to imitates its ideology. and a lie told over hundreds of years can become a reality to the victors of a stolen culture.
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Yup
doesn't deserve to be called dude either
You said the right words MANY ARAB Countries. When did the ARABS become Egyptian or when did the Arabs conquer Egypt. That is the question. Before there was a place called Arabia, Egypt was thousands of years old and before the creation of the middle east there was Egypt firmly planted in Africa with African people. They left a images of what they looked like by that great statue of the sphinx a full blooded Nubian not mixed with any other race. No matter what you like to believe the truth is there for all to see. I believe the Ancient Egyptian knew that this would happen in the future that is why they left their image and the inscription on the sphinx, but still the mordern world try to ignore the truth and promote their racist mythology.
Ancient Egypt was invaded multiple times. It was invaded by the Greeks and it was invaded by the Arabs countless amount of times. And they drove away the blacks and used some as slaves. They also castrated the male black slaves so they couldn’t produce any children and they ethnically cleansed the land or sent them to live in the outskirts away or drove them away into Africa
Egyptologist I take it?? Where did you get that information from? I'm Nubian-Egyptian and not a word you said is factual or true. Nubians and Kush were the only African tribes that overtook Egypt and that only happened during the 25th Dynasty and they both only ruled for 150-175 years, facts are facts you can't change them even if you don't like them. During that period the pyramids and sphinx were already built. Using history and context just from the 25 dynasty, is like omitting the previous 24 dynasties. Nubians and Kush are native African tribes and not native Egyptians. Saying that we the Egyptians are Arabs because we were conquered by Arabs is like saying that Indians are British because they were conquered by Britain, or claiming that the people of Mozambique are European since they speak Portuguese, or the people from Ivory Coast are European since they speak French. Stick to your afro-american culture, and quit vulturing my culture, and DO NOT TALK ON BEHALF OF MY CULTURE.
Historically, we are, in 2024 CE closer in time to the life Queen Cleopatra Philopator (dead in 30 BCE, 2052 years ago) than Cleopatra is to the building of the great Pyramid of Giza (2500 BCE, 2470 years before Cleopatra). Was Cleopatra appropriating the culture of ancient Egyptians?
It would not be the only time that happened. Semitic Hyksos,Lybians and Nubians also become pharaohs.
@@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526that is what empires are about. Emperors often come from far flung edges of their empire. They aren't appropriating cultures, they are protecting local cultures from neighboring empires.
Bassem’s speech was epic! I’m so proud really , the other guy couldn’t even defend himself only making stupid faces 😂
Well to be fair he didn't get as much time to talk lol. The stupid faces was him wanting to talk
There are dark skinned Egyptians to this day!!!!...darker than the actress who is playing Cleopatra. How can Bassem say what he is saying??? If they got a black Egyptian women to play Cleopatra...I am sure Bassem would still be upset.
@@veganbutterfly3652 he said that there's a wide spectrum of colors in Egypt. I, personally, have the same skin tone as the actress. The problem that it's not about the color but stealing the culture and pretending that it belongs to a very different civilization as the current Egyptians are just some invaders who came a thousand years ago. Regarding the last point, last year Egypt had a tv series presenting one of the greatest pharaohs "Ahmose" whose character was played by a "white" Egyptian actor. The show was cancelled for this very reason. So, yeah we won't be upset by playing the character with a dark skinned as long as he rightfully represents the culture.
@@veganbutterfly3652 he did stated that, yet ppl who r of a dark color skin in Egypt doesn't look like African American, race and color is not the same thing
I was about to say that, my man is on fire!
The difference between how deep and accurate the Egyptian man exposes his thesis and how superficial the Americans think and speak is HUGE.
lol that guy is not a real American. So typical you see one idiot and you think all Americans are like that. You are doing the exact thing Bassem was complaining about. You are trying to warp a group to fit your narrative. I'm American and when I saw the movie trailer my jaw hit the floor. Cleopatra is basically of Macedonian Greek ancestry and her skin tone would have been olive. There would not have been much mixing either as the blood line was pure from inbreeding. I guess I am just another American with superficial think and speak (me rolls eyes)
Ahimè, Concetta, hai ragione.
BTW - I just scanned the comments and many Americans including black Americans have spoken up and they all agree with Bassem.
Not the Americans, SOME Americans. The majority of Americans know Cleopatra was NOT black. I am an immigrant in America, and I know.
Not the "Americans". The Communists and the American Congo Bat. No SANE person in America believes that blacks were "Jipshunz an sheeit. We are on YOUR side. Grow a brain, Crotchetta....
The American guy who is for stealing peoples identities doesnt even know himself what he is do we really want someone like that telling others what they are?
The Egyptian man is 100% Correct. Period.
As a South aArican I totally stand by Bassem! Stop erasing culture and history to be inclusive. The world needs to learn about the African continent aswell as the fact that not everyone is black in africa!
Right? When I say most of my exes are Africans and when they find out they're white they're shocked. But even Africans are stupid. Had a South African who didn't know ypu guys took over my country Namibia
As a Tunisian myself I really thank u for highlighting the fact that not all Africa is black as they claim
As an Egyptian, I want also to thank you and also make it clear ; PLEASE WORLD YOU NEED TO KNOW NOT ALL ORIGINAL AFRICANS ARE BLACK!
You are one fine looking woman. Insta?
Well you look like being one of these white intruders who invaded southern africa..you are South African but not African...then what do you know about African culture and history...
Here´s the problem; when Elisabeth Taylor did Cleopatra, they didnt call it a "documentary". Baseem Yossef makes a stellar case, outstanding.
Acting like white scholars haven't tried to claim European origins for African civilizations for centuries.
Elizabeth Taylor is a white woman, Cleopatra was Greek therefore white. It’s really insulting and insensitive to claim a historical figure being of your race when it’s not the case. We know that Ptolemies performed inbreeding to avoid mix their bloodline. What more could they have done to establish the message they were Greek ? Cleopatra was the first of the family to even speak Egyptian. There are countless of descriptions of her from current written texts as well as paintings that refer to her as milk white and red haired. She didn’t even dress as an Egyptian as she is portrayed in the movies. Cleopatra was Greek by blood and born Egyptian. Africans have nothing whatsoever to do with her bloodline or her origin. Side note: as Greeks we have experienced countless times cultural appropriation from black people on Hollywood. Achilles was portrayed by a black actor on Troy . Greeks gods casted as black people. Imagine if they casted mythological creatures of Japan let’s say as black or white. It’s inappropriate. Their claims showcase hostility and illiteracy. The guy above didn’t provide any short of explanation or historical evidence other than “it doesn’t seem likely for her to be white”. They even have this image that Greeks are dark skinned. Let me tell you that Greeks are just like Italian and French, they come in all shapes and sizes and vary from brunette to blonde or red haired. That was the case in ancient times to. That’s why when you read illiad for example Achilles is described as blonde. And Alexander the Great was blonde too. I have immense respect for African culture however they spit on mine to my face, with no explanation or reason other than outrageous claims.
@@blymperopoulou5410 Yet you claim Ethiopians are Caucasians.
As an East African, this men doesn’t have any single dna blood to ancient Egyptians he is greek/turkish arab ancestry. People don’t know the difference between Middle Kingdom and old kingdom also cleopatra lived near inventing of iPhone then building pyramids.
@@WilliamGarrow when did I ever do or say that?
"I think " That's all you can say
They dont worry about accuracy when they put white Egyprians in black face to potray African Egyotians on Egyptian tv
As an American, thank you Bassem for being the voice of reason. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills this world has become so backwards. I’m ashamed what Netflix is doing to Egyptian culture
Okay, but Cleopatra was GREEK and not Egyptian, so not sure WHY this guy is offended on our behalf?
Yeah you guys been so deep down the hole of culture appropriation and woke movements... Let us do the freeing this time, my friend. Not in my country they're not
Cleopatra is Egyptian queen her ancestors are Greeks
@@morticiag the documentary also showed Egyptians as black and talked about how all history is wrong and Afrocentrism is a thing whether this documentary was made or not
Egyptian player Ahmed Hossam Mido looks like the statue of Ranefer. Ranefer has two statues a statue when he was young and a statue when he was older and bassem youssef looks like the seated scribe statue in paris also egyptian actress sawsan badr looks like nefertiti