Cairo — As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, drama started bubbling up online. The preview quickly drew criticism.

Egypt’s Supreme Council ... is a reflection of Western arguments over Black representation in Hollywood and whether history is too dominated by white narratives that revolve around European ...

Was Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra Black? That’s the hotly debated question ... And why do some people need Cleopatra to be white? Her proximity to whiteness seems to give her value, and for some ...

White indicates a peaceful future, with the green star in the middle symbolizing Syria and Egypt, the two founding countries of the United Arab Republic. Black signifies the alleged oppression ...

The flag of the Syrian ... in the Syrian revolution. White is for peace. Black symbolises the oppression of Arabs. The green stars in the middle represent Syria and Egypt — the two founding ...

Under Assad, Syria's flag featured horizontal red, white and black stripes ... with two stars representing political union between Egypt and Syria. This design was changed a few times before ...