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!!
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.
@@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.
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.
@fraon I literally typed what he said, how is that a misquote? Maybe you should learn to understand what you read. It can't be said any clearer. He described them as dark skinned with wooly hair, like their neighbors to the South, the Kushites. A man can be wrong about many things, but describing what you see? He wrote what he saw, if I see a red car with 4 doors and I write I saw a red car with 4 doors how can I be wrong about that?
Except even experts are not in agreement as to the ethnicity of Cleopatra, even though Bessem tries to act like they are. He can claim she was whatever, but it's just another theory. He is racist, because he is saying that because it was geographically in Egypt it had to be someone who looks like him - as if Egypt is a homogeneous society - basically negating Black Egyptians. Racist.
@@ayejay8862 i believe there is enough evidence cleopatra was at east partly defined as a greek blooded woman in the alexandrian greek era, when greek rulers replaced old rulers of foreign populations, but i honestly dont care whether she looked more like an arab or an albanian. You seem to forget what racism is. racism is what the israeli GOVERNMENT is doing (not all jews), and those who support them (including some jews). If you use your ears, those things on the side of your head, the doctor said basically that 'egypt is an ancient land, of vast empires across thousands of years and tens of dynasties, that has included libya and semitic identities, nubian and west african identities, and northern greek and macedonian identities, and these have all mixed and compacted to different degrees and contracted into the egypt we know today'. He flat out said that egyptian is a nationality, that has included many ethnicities. It is another matter if he is saying that the arabian expansion did not slightly alter egyptian genetics, or if cleopatra was mostly semitic or macedonian. I am trying to ignore all the toxic and misinforming voices to find the quiet truth that has always stood, and loud idiots like you are part of the problem like the idiot on the right in this video. i am not defending the egyptian doctor, i know nothing of him nor do i care to. But people like you bleating your first assumptions and thoughtless reactions are an affront to the seeking of truth. racism is *some black americans having absolute double standards with white americans when talking about race, and feeling entitled to claim every history when even modern west africans have trouble relating to them, if you want to see what i mean look at the african immigrants surging in now.
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
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.
@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
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.
@@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 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
Nobody has a problem when Egyptians want to interpret their own history. The problem is when Arabs want to interpret Egyptian ancient history. If the Americans/Europeans don't have the right to interpret Egyptian ancient history, the Arabs don't as well...
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.
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
@@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 ?
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.
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!
Egyptian/Ethiopian lived amongst Ancient Greeks. Search and find the descriptions that their most famous historians said about the people of the land. Idk why they are deceiving everyone because the proof is irrefutable. I would type the names and spell it out for you but YT always deletes it curiously.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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?
Was Cleopatra Black? Some people were upset that the role of Cleopatra in a new movie would go to a Black actress. ua-cam.com/video/43-xiuATKXM/v-deo.html
Are you British 😂 No one says you are British, even though you speak English and its name is the United States of America. Even some of you European occupiers called it the indigenous people, but you could not even name it except by the name of the mother continent. 😅
@@AMR_KAMAL_AL-DEN "America" derives from the European Latin word Americus which was given to name the continents. The colonies in North America were British which why we speak English. After independence from Britain, the 13 American colonies became the "United States of America." Also Black is an identity for Black-Americans not Africans. With that said, Africans are not Black because Africans have their own ethnic identities. Imagine a Black-Americans going to Ethiopia and claims he is Ethiopian.
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.
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!
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!
@@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!
🤺☦🇷🇺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.
Love how when the guy who is from Egypt is trying to make his point, the two Americans try to talk over him instead of waiting until he is done speaking. I know there are probably time constraints due to this being the news, but the guy in the middle lets the guy on the right say his piece without interruption, but tries to talk over the Egyptian speaker when he doesn’t want to hear what he has to say. As an American myself, this is embarrassing. This is why I don’t watch election debates anymore, because the candidates try to drown out what the other has to say instead of waiting until the other is finished, and then rebutting their statements. This is why we can’t have any civil discourse anymore, because we have to interrupt the other party so we don’t have to hear what they have to say. And just from what I remember from my history books in school, Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which began its reign after Alexander the Great, who was Macedonian, which is located in northern Greece, died, leaving Egypt in the control of the Ptolemy’s. And that dynasty did mingle with native Egyptians so it’s likely Cleopatra would have been a mix of Egyptian and Greek, especially because the Ptolemy dynasty continued the Pharaohs tradition of wedding brothers and sisters together to keep the bloodline pure. The Egyptian guy is right on another count, that unlike a typical Hollywood film that is fictional, a documentary is supposed to be about facts. It’s not supposed to be what people think is true, it has to be substantiated by hard evidence. It would be one thing if this was a fictional tale featuring historical characters, as from the outset you know it is fictional. But when you market this as a documentary, you have to report the actual historical facts, which in the case of such a famous historical figure are well documented.
@@kennybushway7446 my mistake. But it doesn’t remove the fact that these two aren’t letting him speak his piece and are constantly talking over him. No matter where you are from, I’m pretty sure that would be considered very rude.
Plus, as a middle eastern myself I know that indigenous COPTIC EGYPTIANS today are exact DNA genetic ancestors to ancient Egyptians, Coptic Egyptians STILL speak ancient Egyptian language today! And they are NOT “bleck” like west Africans, they are unique more middle eastern looking peoples!
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!
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 ?
@@Fueledbylight 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.
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
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! UA-cam gave me an error when I put the name of the company making this documentary 😂
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@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
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.
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...
she's Egyptian, She was born and raised in Egypt, she's only known cause she was a Pharaoh. saying she's Macedonian cause her family came from Macedonia 15 generation ago is nothing but racist.
They were royalty who only married their own brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter it's been 15 generations since they left Macedonia. If they keep inbreeding, they will never look like North African people.
😂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 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 UA-cam 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.
As a Greek person who's been greatly interested in the history of ancient civilizations, thank you for speaking the truth, Bassem Youssef! It's insane how propaganda is being pushed to this extent by a nation that has nothing to do with Egypt nor Greece, and yet has so much influence.
It’s not being pushed by a nation. It’s being pushed by stupid woke Americans in Hollywood with very little intelligence. And really stupid race-obsessed activists. Basically-commies all around.
She was one of the last of a long line of highly incestuous dynasties the Ptolemaic dynasty - they would never marry outside of their bloodline for preservation purposes. There's no half Greek about it there's over 200 years of Mediterranean Macedonian Greek with a mix of Persian royal blood. Even the coinage and busy depiction of that time shows a large hook nosed small lipped woman i.e. typical features of the Mediterranean and Persian people.
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
@@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.
Cleopatra VII was predominantly of Macedonian Greek descent. Her family, the Ptolemaic dynasty, had also intermarried with the Seleucid dynasty, which included some Persian and Sogdian Iranian ancestry. She was neither black nor Egyptian.
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.
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.
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 💯
@Jackie Edworthy As a Brit, I can confirm that I and many others were absolutely livid. We have no issue with black people or black actors, just look at our praise of Idris Elba as Luthur, but if you are going to do historical projects, stuck to accuracy. Just you wait until they attempt the race switching with King Arthur. That would end very, very badly for them. Hell, I might try and write a screen play with a Korean Shaka Zulu and use their arguments to justify it.
Im half Ivorian from west africa and half swedish and I also agree. Anyone with any knowledge of that part of history knows that the etnicity of the Ptolomys was Greek. They only married other greek royaltys or had incestral relations with eachoter. Cleopatra and her kinnsmen were in no shape or form native egyptians and even less so subsharan africans. Its a sad days indeed when african decendants try to robb their fellow africans of their history and culture. There are over 3,000 different ethnic groups speaking more than 2,100 different languages in all of Africa. It is the moast culturaly diverse continent on earth
Elizabeth Taylor was a bit closer but she and Adele james were on the opposite sides of the skin tone spectrum while Cleopatra was somewhere near the middle.
@@Loppedofflemons well, Cleopatra was Greek, probably mixed with the local population. So, she must have had dark hair, but she wasn’t Black that’s for aure
@@Loppedofflemonsactually, as a Macedonian greek, she was probably naturally fair. Even if you make an argument about the heat of Egypt tanning her skin, women, and especially the queen, were usually pale to show nobility.
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’
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
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...
The guy on the Right has yet to learn but to make cheap, annoying facial expressions. He or whoever calls himself should be proud to meet this remarkable man. Massive respect to Sir Bassem Youssef!
Of contemporary Egyptians, 68% of them are of ancient Egyptian origins, only 14% are of Arab origins, 4% are from Asia, 4% are from Europe, and 4% are from South Africa. This is according to all genetic studies North Africa has no relation to South Africa and no relation to the Arabs, and no relation to whites Most of us are wheat colored Even Egyptian statues, pictures and drawings in temples resemble contemporary Egyptians. Cleopatra was from Macedonia during the Ptolemaic colonial era.
Mad respect to Bassem Youssef. As an Italian I've never liked the way Hollywood represents my culture, my history and my people (always wrong on so many levels) so I can relate to what this Egyptian gentleman is feeling. Hollywood/American media should be more respectful of other cultures and their history, they should stop wiping away other cultures identities just to rewrite their own idea of what said cultures and their people are like. As Bassem Youssef beautifully said, it's time for Hollywood to listen to the people who own that history.
The people who built the pyramids are the people of upper Egypt which includes Aswan and Nuba. People of upper Egypt are BLACK. I'm one of those people, I'm black and proud to be black. This civilization belongs to my BLACK grandparents. Those who live in north of Egypt now are a mix of Arabs, Italians, Greeks, Turks, Morocco and Iranians.
I usually don’t side with Bassem, but he’s absolutely right on this subject. Egypt has a long history and was a great civilization, who is here to say otherwise!
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
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.
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
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....
@@Lanafox1020 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 😂
Slavic = Slave people who served their Black and Arab masters for several centuries in West, North Africa and in Arab speaking countries, as well in the ottoman empire who also had Black Leaders known as "Kizlar Agassi" who had power only second to the Sultan in the Ottoman empire.. There more than 2 million white Barbary Coast Slaves in Africa and the middle east while there were Black indentured servants and later slaves in the Americas, and Europa..
Thank you bro, as a member of another Slavic country (Croatia) I hate that they depict us as mobsters, criminals, and so on and not a single Woke person stands against the portrayal of Slavic people.
The race of people who reside in Egypt - a country on the AFRICAN continent - are Arab invaders who are there in present-day, and that's it. They came in, conquered the region, and these people have to STOP the lies!! Arab armies under the leadership of Amr ibn al-As invaded and conquered Egypt in 639 AD. Egypt was then a province of the Byzantine empire, ruled by a governor residing in Alexandria, the capital city. Deal with it!!
You are not an Egpytuan all of you are nothing but thief's who did nothing but invade and stole black people's heritage. Learn your history, no Arab who is white or pink rules Egpyt . Shame on you and you people.
@@chiarabeozzo4901 Generally we think that Cleopatra is part of Egyptian history. But everyone of us is standing on Egypt's side - on the factually correct side.
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
The other guy reminds me of the social media influencers, they cannot give you anything but silly reactions to hide their ignorance! a Huge respect for Bassem Yousef.
I'm not Egyptian but I'm tired of Hollywood taking other cultures history and trying to make them their own. If it's based on history, base it on history as best you can and I think it would be more accurate if the actress had been from Egypt in the first place. The history of countries is not black and white, like Bassem said : “It’s not about black and white, that’s how American’s think”, its true and I think Hollywood should have some rules on how to portray a story, especially, if it is not based on American history.
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
No that is how ignorant Americans think. The majority of us don't care about ethnicity and know we're a great melting pot of people and cultures. Sadly the ignorant are also always the loudest and most outspoken.
Every time we look at Jesus... same thing. Every time we look at medieval white royal families ... same thing. Every time we look at Anglo Saxon Romans ... same thing rock and Roll .. same thing.. Country music... same thing. 🏄surfing... same thing Hawaii.... same thing $5 indian... same AMERICA IS A MIRROR of what happen to other lands. Yes/NO; migration of humans do not exist? Yes/NO; cultural appreciation in ancient times did not occurs? nobody walked into another land like the food, people and culture and STAYED. that only happened in 1492. because Cleopatra VIII family moved to Africa 300 years before her birth. homegirl is going to be black. =MO: 🌍🌎🌏of the planet is the same from the birth of the planet. BLACK - default or 1st
@@DirtyD-mo5ud obviously, I don't think that all Americans are ignorant, but I'm talking about movies and TV series, etc., so many companies such as Netflix and Disney. that have recreated or created characters or stories based on how they want to see or tell other cultures national treasures or history. Disney for example have taken other cultures fairy tales ,folklore , mythology to tell about them themselves. Although, for example, the little mermaid is not exactly the same as telling a real story in history. I think it feels like Disney is stealing other cultures stories and doing it for their own gain.
@TeZa I agree which is why I no longer buy Disney products. They are pushing propaganda and lies like so many other major corporations and governments at the moment.
For those who say, “Isn’t Egypt in Africa?” Egypt is a transcontinental country. The Egyptian Empire in ancient times extended to the countries of the Levant, and Egypt is also one of the peoples of the Mediterranean and the inhabitants of North Africa. Who says, “Isn’t Egypt the black land?” When King Menes unified the kingdoms of the North and South, The terminology used to refer to Egypt was not uniform for them . Fishermen and farmers called it Kemet. It was also called Dashert the land is filled by those who live in the desert. It was referred to as the Red Land. As for the kings, after the unification of Egypt, it appeared in the Amarna letters between Amenhotep III and IV, calling it Egypt, as in the Arab and Hebrew "Misr, Misry, Misraym.. " And all derivatives of this name
We call it black land, because on both banks of the Nile River there is fertile black soil suitable for agriculture, and not because the ancient Egyptians were black.
@@tasneembadway8391 I know this already, and that is why I said that fishermen and farmers called Egypt that. For your information, it was not the only name for Egypt, especially since this was before King Menes united the kingdoms of the North and South.
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.
As an Italian I fully understand Bassem and the Egyptians. It's not about black or white, Egyptians simply don't want their culture being used by an ideology born in the African-American community. Indeed, there is a risk that the "light-skinned" Egyptians might be seen as invaders once the idea of Africa as a unique "black continent" has been spread.
they consider all Egyptian are invaders. Egyptians are of light complexions. Even that Anwar Sadat. Black Americans want to claim North and East Aftica because they dont look like the rest of Africans
The added irony is that Black ultranationalist Americans venerate the Moors. That group that invaded Europe and enslaved others? You cannot make this up but as someone who lived in North America for 12 years and saw up close and personal the insanity of "belief" systems like the Nuwabians, Hebrew Israelites etc I am just relieved I am not alone in observing the insane levels of revisionism and hypocrisy let alone how the fringes of Black Nationalist thought and revisionism being uncritically embraced by young people dying to be seen as an "ally" or "non-racist."
Not only the Egyptians are exposed to this, even we Amazighs (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya) are exposed to this thing, they want us to leave our land just because our skin is white
Cleopatra , as long as she is good looking I'm fine with it , she can be black , Russian , white , Iranian , Iraqi , north Korean , native American , pacific islander as long as she is good looking , Cleopatra was known for being good looking , just don't put some guy like the 300 Xerxes as Cleopatra , no one knows what Cleopatra looked like , the only image to her is sculped stone work , to suggest she was white is simply wrong , its not true , she was either mixed race or had dark skin , she wasn't a Viking
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924 dear please do a 10 sec research on cleopatra and then speak for God’s sake, she was from upper Greece and they have a light skin tone. And again as bassem said we don’t care if its black or white, its culture appropriation
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)
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....
Plus, as a middle eastern myself I know that indigenous COPTIC EGYPTIANS today are exact DNA genetic ancestors to ancient Egyptians, Coptic Egyptians STILL speak ancient Egyptian language today! And they are NOT “bleck” like west Africans, they are unique more middle eastern looking peoples since geographical y Egypt is closer to Middle East then west African nations!
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.
As a Greek, I stand by Dr. Bassem and the Egyptian people. Please, there are so many wonderful real stories to be told about black history and black Queens, that it really is petty to try and diminish someone else’s culture and a real person’s race and identity to appear woke. It really creates the reverse effect-it further pushes into obscurity real black history of real black people.
As a fellow Greek I fully agree. We learned abt Cleopatra all our lives and instead of gaining new knowledge about lesser known queens of Africa we are having a total unnecessary conversation abt an issue that has long being resolved.
Seriously? Blacks have no great kings or history, because of this they steal the history of others. What will they talk about? About cannibalism or slave trade which they did throughout their history in Africa and still do?
As a Greek, Chinese, Indian or Samoan does not matter. This guy is emotional and have no historical depth in what he is saying. It like saying that the Turks are native to Istanbul and Arabs of Mauretania are native to the Empire of Ghana(which was located in Mauretania). As a this, that Simpleton does not matter ...
@@jenkroberts8973 He absolutely understands Egypts history, and wouldn't be speaking about it otherwise. Egypt has had tens of dynasties, and it is a cultural melting pot full of different 'races'. However, this is a DOCUMENTARY, and frankly, you don't know enough about Arabs to give your opinion on them. And yes, mentioning the country does matter, especially those in the area, as we seem to be called 'invaders' and 'colonizers'- completely inaccurate terms considering their modern usage. Yes, I wish he had used the PLENTY evidence provided by scholars, but it was a talkshow with piers morgan, and the other individual gentlemen did nothing but sit down and sneer condescendingly.
@@dudua3755 I have visited Egypt and Mauretania. I bet you also have an advance degree in African and Middle Eastern history from a world class university..
today's "Egyptians" separating themselves from any black or African connections is steeped in colourism, racism and honestly quite telling of who they are descendants of. It isn't the ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS. It's hilarious the language that has been developed to try and mask the truth of history. "Nubian" Egyptians = BLACK lmao. the pyramids of Giza were built by these Nubians aka black Egyptians - FACTS. Egypt only became Egypt after the first Pharoah (who was BLACK) united the communities north & south of the Nile. The Pyramids and artefacts of today are mainly from the NUBIAN aka BLACK dynasty of Egypt because they BUILT ANCIENT EGYPT, the invaders just simply lived in and enjoyed what already was. NUBIAN Egypt was already an established, renowned thriving kingdom, with Pyramids, Gold, Tombs etc... before it was invaded by the Persians, Greek & Arabs. The wealth, knowledge and resources Egypt had were the very reasons it was invaded. Over time it became a nation of MIXED RACE people because of the constant invasion but the ORIGNAL EGYPTIAN were "NUBIAN" aka BLACK! all you have to do is go to the British Museum or google to see if what I am saying is true. the people that represent Egypt today are mainly descendants of the invaders and not native to the land...unless you travel down the Nile aka the north side.
@@UltimateChaosForce Bruh Bassem has Causasian features. His ancestors obviously come from a colder environment. He doesn’t even have brown eyes. Look at the interviewer and look at him. The are so many similarities !. AFRICA does not produce facial features like that. Look at the early humans ( they all had broad noses to cool the brain) The pyramids are in AFRICA.
🤺☦🇷🇺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!!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@yoyoit1587 Not gonna help u spam pseudo history - I am after u😁. The Ottomans and Arabs where a minority ruling class in the lands they conquered, and didn't change most of the population. You are sooo shallow, go learn real history lol
Many people in Europe has spread the notion that Africa is all black that is the problem. There are white berbers in Africa too and so people like elezibeth tailer did look like berbers africans and this the problem with allot of people who thinks AFRICA IS ALL BLACK
Algerian ??? Y’all came from saoudi Arabia and colonized Northern Africa , y’all aren’t Africans and never will be. Y’all don’t even consider yourself African because y’all know you aren’t Africans but Arabs so why attach Egyptian history to yourself when u aren’t black ?
@@Dailymailnewz those white in Northern Africa came from Saudi Arabia and colonized Africa , the moors lived there way before they conquered the continent
All Europeans are liars and thieves. I have come to believe Europeans are inherently evil. When Jesus returns and sets up His millennial Kingdom it will be devoid of Europeans. The European bloodlines are corrupted with evil. God is still cleansing the bloodlines.
@@DhimitriPero I`m from Poland and I will not say that I`m European. Europe is a continent, not one big country like the United States. In my country it matters to say that you are Polish and not European and the rest of the "Europeans" I recommend to do the same so as not to forget about your ancestors and your culture.
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
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.
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.
As a coloured woman from South Africa, I have never related more precisely with someone's sentiments about cultural appropriation and erasure as a do with Bassem Youssef. Thank you for using your voice to spread truth, sir.
As a Black, Arab, Chinese whatever... What you are does not matter -- this is about history and migration. I am a historian who views history through evidence of invasions and archeological digs. The Arabs majority of Egypt are not native to Egypt. Would you say that the Turks are the native people of Asia Minor and Constantinople (Istanbul)? Absolutely not !! because they migrated and conquered the area. If one looks at the Migration of Fulani people who move down from North Africa into West Africa, we know that they are not native to West Africa. Similarly, Arabs who invaded Egypt are not Ancient Egyptians. They are modern day Egyptian.
@@jenkroberts8973 there's smth I think u don't know which is Arab is not a blood line, you can become an Arab if you followed the Arab culture, language, Customs and traditions etc. and if you don't know... if the British occupation of India didn't happen, Indians would have been Arabs by now Egyptians was not Arabs... but they BECAME Arabs.
@@marksykes3817 Cleopatra was member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy I, was general of Alexander the Great). These rulers were of Greek Macedonian ancestry, and they never married an Egyptian or non Greek. Many times their wives were members of their family. Imagine Cleopatra was the first (and last) of them, who learnt to speak the egyptian language. Her skin colour would look like the skin of a Greek person or of someone in general who lived in the Mediterranean. So she would be white, but not as British or Swedish people are. More tanned. Your logic that because she was in Africa she was black is false. Because in every continent there are people of different origins.
@@vaggos013 White doesn't mean pale skin. It's a laymen term for European. Japanese and Koreans have white skin. They're not referred to as white (Arabs and Mestizos have both brown skin. Indians can have black skin but are not African). Anti-racists created this mess by idiotically denoting everything as skin color. She was "white," as in European. Had olive complexion skin color (which Europeans can have because race isn't skin color).
As someone with Nubian Egyptian heritage, I can tell you; This is BULLSHIT. This is not important, stop exaggerating this nonsense and then farm the negativity for clicks and views. We have a political crisis in Sudan and Egypt, and here we are talking about a Netflix show with Piers who just wants to farm your frustration for views and to score some ideological points.
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
Egyptian history cannot be distorted for the sake of people who think their ancestors did great things that were not theirs, Bassem Youssef great as usual
@@yoyoit1587 🤺☦🇷🇺Ignorant🤣 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!!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@yoyoit1587 Cleopatra's origin isn't very well known but there is a little bit of evidence that she has greek origin and there were Greek and Roman rulers of Egypt. But in the end we all know who the real indegenes are since they where perfectly described by one of the greek Philosophers.
Spot on,she wasn't black, or was Ann Bolyn,nor Guinevere,but they have all been portraying them as such in screwed up world of TV and Hollywood rewriting history.
JAMES BOND WILL BE BLACK MONEY PENNY ALREADY IS THEY HAD AN ENGLISH BLACK QUEEN DR WHO IS GOING TO BE BLACK TEAMED WITH ISLAM THE ENGLISH RACE & CULTURE IS BEING DESTROYED THEY ARE VANISHISNG FROM FOOTBALL TV STREETS & POLITICS ISLAM BLACKS & INDIA RULE THE 3 CULTURES WHO HATE THE ENGLISH & SUPPORT PUTIN
cancel culture originates from the far right, acting like toddlers and pretend to be victims when they've done something that calls for a boycott of them. it's simply self-victimization that gets presented in a new packaging so that they can whine
@@etruscancivilization neither did the other guy, you blacks have 0 knowledge and refuse to simply believe your ancestors were enslaved from other parts of africa... they weren't even fought for, most were sold by their own brethern as history would say it.
@@etruscancivilization Actually he is right. His ancestors that look like him built the pyramids. You not agreeing with this makes you appear like an idiot.
Bassem Youssef knew exactly what he was talking about, properly educated and well versed in his country's history. Ernest Owens did a 5 minute research on Twitter and 6 minutes on UA-cam.
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.
@@Dib-u-eegistatignoolajiyada1 Hate to break it to you but ancient Egyptian DNA was closer to middle Eastern DNA than African with a Eurasian mtDNA type ... Modern Egyptians share this mtDNA haplogroup profile, but also carried 8% more African component.(a sub-Saharan mtDNA mix from Sudan)
@@wildfire160 are we talking about the ruling family or regular people. After first dynasty the Assyrians invaded which made the second kingdom ruling people middle easterns.
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
As an Egyptian I always found it weird about actors being inaccurately chosen to play the roles of our kings and queens and history, thanks Bassem for pointing out these facts.
😂De votre histoire dis-tu ? khemet n'avait rien avoir avec vous vous avez commencé à envahir khemet qui est appelé aujourd'hui Egypte au 7eme siècles de l'ère chrétienne l'Égypte antique pharaonique était Noir.
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.
They call us invaders. We are mostly Berber in North Africa. They want Hannibal played by a black person. He was of mixed Phoenician and Berber heritage
It's clear that Mr Youssef sincerely wants to protect his country's history and culture. And, ironically, he's having to protect it from the people in America who claim the loudest to be against cultural appropriation.
I Completely agree with the Egyptian man. A wonderful example of the difference between an educated, knowledgeable, respectful individual with poise and grace in his arguments and an uneducated, entitled, overly sensitive individual, lacking in facts and knowledge who is completely disrespectful as he rolls his eyes an makes faces.
Insanely immature attitude. We live at the times where kids are not reading books anymore, so it’s even more important for the documentaries to be 100% accurate
@@KristynaStefanova Absolutely zero knowledge. But this is how uneducated, unintelligent people behave all the time -- they want to win arguments with raised voices and buzz words thrown around. If they can't reason (which they usually can't) they start with the victim playing, public whining and eye rolling. Sadly, as long as there are people who give them their time of day and platforms to appear on, they'll continue. They haven't faced the music yet that life is not all fun and games and yes, it's unfair, too.
@@fanni24 That guy would be in the very first line of protests when Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King are played by white or asian actors.
This man's face expressions was very disrespectful. This is not the way to have an intellectual, mature and respectful discussion/disagreement with someone. Thank you Bassem.
As an American, I apologize to all Egyptians on this topic. I have never been so thoroughly pissed off at my own countrymen’s ignorance and sense of entitlement on a culture they CLEARLY know nothing about.
America with unjust wars, regime changes and insidious color mind games has been trying to destroy Asia and it's history and spiritual history. All the teachers of all the faiths are from Asia, this is how this planet was colonized. Europe understood the power of Christ's words and created beautiful civilization but later manipulated the Asian bible from the 50+ versions to the European image for "Power and Greed". China is the Orient. The Vatican is a business, with it's own bank and will/has done everything for the business. Playing God does not go well because Creation will fight for it's truth. America/Nato are losing it's power because of this primitive thinking. America was loved , but today is losing it's soul.
@@jeanbois7670 Modern day egyptians carry the north african E strain, more specifically the E-M78 + V-22, basically the very exact same strain that has always been dominant in Egypt since ancient times and all the dna studies proves this again and again.
@@jeanbois7670 No pre-contact sub Saharan African population have ever created a written language or weaved cloth or forged steel. They never invented anything not even a wheel or plow. Or devised a calendar, or code of laws, or any social organization, or formal religion, or a system of measurement, or math, or built a multi-story structure, or bridge or sewer. Pre-contact Sub-Saharan black Africans have never ever created infrastructure of any kind nor have they harnessed a river or even drilled well or irrigated, or built a road, or railway, or sea-worthy vessel. They never domesticated animals or exploited underground natural resources or produced anything that could be considered a mechanical device. Is this why american blacks are stealing egyptian history and civilisation?
The guy on the right is straight up trashing the gentlemen so hard with the looks, as soon as he lost the argument he started putting ass faces for legit no reason, this is a clear example of someone wrongly educated and most importantly, someone that has never faced any real consecuences for what he says/does. Massive respect for the Bassem Youssef, never let any stupid brat tell you what to do or think.
@@cosmosDivye I’ve just seen that 🤦♂️😭 also when he was talking about how there was plenty of white actors in the movie was he referring to the romans? Like the majority of them are white if I’m not mistaken
Bassem is so confident and clear and know exactly what he talking about ,other than the other guy who just keep making a silly faces and didn't know what he talking about , thanks to you bassem for bring our voices and speaks great about our Egyptian history and culture, proud of you .
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
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😅😅😅
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 !
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.
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."*
@fraon I literally typed what he said, how is that a misquote? Maybe you should learn to understand what you read. It can't be said any clearer. He described them as dark skinned with wooly hair, like their neighbors to the South, the Kushites. A man can be wrong about many things, but describing what you see? He wrote what he saw, if I see a red car with 4 doors and I write I saw a red car with 4 doors how can I be wrong about that?
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.
Yes Esau is fulfilling prophecy.
Except even experts are not in agreement as to the ethnicity of Cleopatra, even though Bessem tries to act like they are. He can claim she was whatever, but it's just another theory. He is racist, because he is saying that because it was geographically in Egypt it had to be someone who looks like him - as if Egypt is a homogeneous society - basically negating Black Egyptians. Racist.
@@ayejay8862 i believe there is enough evidence cleopatra was at east partly defined as a greek blooded woman in the alexandrian greek era, when greek rulers replaced old rulers of foreign populations, but i honestly dont care whether she looked more like an arab or an albanian.
You seem to forget what racism is. racism is what the israeli GOVERNMENT is doing (not all jews), and those who support them (including some jews). If you use your ears, those things on the side of your head, the doctor said basically that 'egypt is an ancient land, of vast empires across thousands of years and tens of dynasties, that has included libya and semitic identities, nubian and west african identities, and northern greek and macedonian identities, and these have all mixed and compacted to different degrees and contracted into the egypt we know today'. He flat out said that egyptian is a nationality, that has included many ethnicities. It is another matter if he is saying that the arabian expansion did not slightly alter egyptian genetics, or if cleopatra was mostly semitic or macedonian. I am trying to ignore all the toxic and misinforming voices to find the quiet truth that has always stood, and loud idiots like you are part of the problem like the idiot on the right in this video. i am not defending the egyptian doctor, i know nothing of him nor do i care to. But people like you bleating your first assumptions and thoughtless reactions are an affront to the seeking of truth. racism is *some black americans having absolute double standards with white americans when talking about race, and feeling entitled to claim every history when even modern west africans have trouble relating to them, if you want to see what i mean look at the african immigrants surging in now.
@ayejay8862 Cleopatra had Greek ancestors, so she can't be black.
@@nuniiider Obama had Irish ancestors, does that mean he's Irish? That he's not "black?" People are so simpleminded.
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 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.
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
Egyptians have the right to talk about their history. I completely agree with the Egyptian Bassem Youssef🇪🇬🇷🇴❤
انا بعشقك يبنى انت فى كل حتة بتدافع عن مصر اكتر من المصريين
@@da7war655غريب إمرة انه يدافع عن المصريين بكل حتة بس يلا احيه على كدا
Are the ones who say are Egyptians are truly Egyptians? It's not true they are not.
Nobody has a problem when Egyptians want to interpret their own history. The problem is when Arabs want to interpret Egyptian ancient history. If the Americans/Europeans don't have the right to interpret Egyptian ancient history, the Arabs don't as well...
@@jirimalisek7878 WELL said.....Arabs are not ancient Egyptians
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
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
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 was actually Greek. But belonged to Egyptian culture as well. However it was Hellenistic Egypt.
According to Greeks, everyone in the world is Greek 😂
@@southepirote7676 oh reminds me of Indians😂
Egyptian/Ethiopian lived amongst Ancient Greeks. Search and find the descriptions that their most famous historians said about the people of the land. Idk why they are deceiving everyone because the proof is irrefutable. I would type the names and spell it out for you but YT always deletes it curiously.
@@southepirote7676according to analbanians arvanites and Souliots are albanian because they speak arvanitika 😂😂😂😂
@@dimitrisdimitriou7052 that's actually funny you say that because Arvanites and Suliots are really ALBANIAN! 😂
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!
@@RafaelaChronicles I think he is woke 🤡🤡
Touché
Bet he doesn't like p**** either
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.
@@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
She was actually Greek. Ptolimaic dynasty.
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. ua-cam.com/video/43-xiuATKXM/v-deo.html
Egyptians were not black but they are not arabs either. They are Egyptian.
Are you British 😂 No one says you are British, even though you speak English and its name is the United States of America. Even some of you European occupiers called it the indigenous people, but you could not even name it except by the name of the mother continent. 😅
@@AMR_KAMAL_AL-DEN "America" derives from the European Latin word Americus which was given to name the continents. The colonies in North America were British which why we speak English. After independence from Britain, the 13 American colonies became the "United States of America."
Also Black is an identity for Black-Americans not Africans. With that said, Africans are not Black because Africans have their own ethnic identities. Imagine a Black-Americans going to Ethiopia and claims he is Ethiopian.
@hangten1904 yea say that to your people who says afro American and say that Egypt belong to them they teach you that all Africa are black lol 😂😂
@hangten1904 if American are American so Egyptian are Egyptian too not the black dude from new York says I,am a descendant of the Pharo 😑😑😑
As an arab all arabic pple know that old egyptians were never ever arabs. They were just north africans
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"
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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
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!
ua-cam.com/video/Zc9k453tgPg/v-deo.html
I believe you got it wrong. It was the comedian making the faces. Its typical American behaviour when told they are wrong.
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.
Love how when the guy who is from Egypt is trying to make his point, the two Americans try to talk over him instead of waiting until he is done speaking. I know there are probably time constraints due to this being the news, but the guy in the middle lets the guy on the right say his piece without interruption, but tries to talk over the Egyptian speaker when he doesn’t want to hear what he has to say. As an American myself, this is embarrassing. This is why I don’t watch election debates anymore, because the candidates try to drown out what the other has to say instead of waiting until the other is finished, and then rebutting their statements. This is why we can’t have any civil discourse anymore, because we have to interrupt the other party so we don’t have to hear what they have to say.
And just from what I remember from my history books in school, Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which began its reign after Alexander the Great, who was Macedonian, which is located in northern Greece, died, leaving Egypt in the control of the Ptolemy’s. And that dynasty did mingle with native Egyptians so it’s likely Cleopatra would have been a mix of Egyptian and Greek, especially because the Ptolemy dynasty continued the Pharaohs tradition of wedding brothers and sisters together to keep the bloodline pure.
The Egyptian guy is right on another count, that unlike a typical Hollywood film that is fictional, a documentary is supposed to be about facts. It’s not supposed to be what people think is true, it has to be substantiated by hard evidence. It would be one thing if this was a fictional tale featuring historical characters, as from the outset you know it is fictional. But when you market this as a documentary, you have to report the actual historical facts, which in the case of such a famous historical figure are well documented.
Piers isn't American
@@kennybushway7446 my mistake. But it doesn’t remove the fact that these two aren’t letting him speak his piece and are constantly talking over him. No matter where you are from, I’m pretty sure that would be considered very rude.
Plus, as a middle eastern myself I know that indigenous COPTIC EGYPTIANS today are exact DNA genetic ancestors to ancient Egyptians, Coptic Egyptians STILL speak ancient Egyptian language today! And they are NOT “bleck” like west Africans, they are unique more middle eastern looking peoples!
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 ?
@@Fueledbylight no she had red hair
@@Fueledbylight 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.
@@Fueledbylight It's not the skin tone he was complaining about.
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.
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.
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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! UA-cam gave me an error when I put the name of the company making this documentary 😂
Bassem Youssef is 100% right.
ABOUT WHAT?🤪
@@marksykes3817everything duh
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?
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 😅
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!
Ah yes colonial America colonizing other’s history.
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!!!
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
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!
Cleopatra was Greek and that is painful for many.
she's Egyptian, She was born and raised in Egypt, she's only known cause she was a Pharaoh. saying she's Macedonian cause her family came from Macedonia 15 generation ago is nothing but racist.
She was GREEK !!!! Learn history!!!
@@stellakonsta you literally didn't even read...
They were royalty who only married their own brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter it's been 15 generations since they left Macedonia. If they keep inbreeding, they will never look like North African people.
@@stellakonstaShe was Syrian.
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 UA-cam 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.
As a Greek person who's been greatly interested in the history of ancient civilizations, thank you for speaking the truth, Bassem Youssef!
It's insane how propaganda is being pushed to this extent by a nation that has nothing to do with Egypt nor Greece, and yet has so much influence.
yes. Exactly. America has always done that. They push propaganda's in countries they have nothing to do with.
It’s not being pushed by a nation. It’s being pushed by stupid woke Americans in Hollywood with very little intelligence. And really stupid race-obsessed activists. Basically-commies all around.
She was half Greek
She was like 3000% greek, inbreed over and over!! lol
She was one of the last of a long line of highly incestuous dynasties the Ptolemaic dynasty - they would never marry outside of their bloodline for preservation purposes. There's no half Greek about it there's over 200 years of Mediterranean Macedonian Greek with a mix of Persian royal blood. Even the coinage and busy depiction of that time shows a large hook nosed small lipped woman i.e. typical features of the Mediterranean and Persian people.
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.
Cleopatra VII was predominantly of Macedonian Greek descent. Her family, the Ptolemaic dynasty, had also intermarried with the Seleucid dynasty, which included some Persian and Sogdian Iranian ancestry. She was neither black nor Egyptian.
only Greek not persian👧🏿🇮🇷
But she belongs to the Egyptian culture Greeks and Egyptian were the major great civilizations at that time
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 ❤❤
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.
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
WE STAND WITH YOU EGYPT AND GREECE.
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks were black
@@Dhuxul9Rage bait is crazy
@@Dhuxul9rage bait trying to start an argument, stealing other ethnic peoples cultures, keeping your stereotypes alive I see haha! 😂….
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😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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
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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Amazing justification Bassem Youssef. As an Egyptian, you expressed our frustration very well !
Imagine how Brits felt when they had a black woman play Anne Boleyn!!!
U moved from Asyria is 600AD how FUKING DARE U try to steal even our own History r u Fuking mad!!! Look Egypt will fall again U will run out of water
North Africans and not West Africans Mr. Owens. Geography isn't taught in schools?
@Jackie Edworthy As a Brit, I can confirm that I and many others were absolutely livid. We have no issue with black people or black actors, just look at our praise of Idris Elba as Luthur, but if you are going to do historical projects, stuck to accuracy. Just you wait until they attempt the race switching with King Arthur. That would end very, very badly for them.
Hell, I might try and write a screen play with a Korean Shaka Zulu and use their arguments to justify it.
Im half Ivorian from west africa and half swedish and I also agree. Anyone with any knowledge of that part of history knows that the etnicity of the Ptolomys was Greek. They only married other greek royaltys or had incestral relations with eachoter. Cleopatra and her kinnsmen were in no shape or form native egyptians and even less so subsharan africans.
Its a sad days indeed when african decendants try to robb their fellow africans of their history and culture. There are over 3,000 different ethnic groups speaking more than 2,100 different languages in all of Africa. It is the moast culturaly diverse continent on earth
Cleopatra was from the Greek dynasty ruling Egypt at that time. Therefore, I think Elizabeth Taylor was actually closer to what Cleopatra looked like
Elizabeth Taylor was a bit closer but she and Adele james were on the opposite sides of the skin tone spectrum while Cleopatra was somewhere near the middle.
@@Loppedofflemons well, Cleopatra was Greek, probably mixed with the local population. So, she must have had dark hair, but she wasn’t Black that’s for aure
@@Loppedofflemonsactually, as a Macedonian greek, she was probably naturally fair. Even if you make an argument about the heat of Egypt tanning her skin, women, and especially the queen, were usually pale to show nobility.
No E Taylor is a Jew
The Tolemys were mixed with native Cushitic Egyptian pharaonic dynasty by the time of Cleopatra.
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 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...
The guy on the Right has yet to learn but to make cheap, annoying facial expressions. He or whoever calls himself should be proud to meet this remarkable man. Massive respect to Sir Bassem Youssef!
Where are you from
@@mohamedatef9722 the channel is a british tv show
The toddler on the right *
Not he or whoever calls himself 😂😩
Of contemporary Egyptians, 68% of them are of ancient Egyptian origins, only 14% are of Arab origins, 4% are from Asia, 4% are from Europe, and 4% are from South Africa.
This is according to all genetic studies
North Africa has no relation to South Africa and no relation to the Arabs, and no relation to whites
Most of us are wheat colored
Even Egyptian statues, pictures and drawings in temples resemble contemporary Egyptians.
Cleopatra was from Macedonia during the Ptolemaic colonial era.
gg ya Bassem :)
Arabs and North Africans (Egyptians, Berbers) are both descended from the Natufian people, but that was like 10000 years ago.
Mad respect to Bassem Youssef. As an Italian I've never liked the way Hollywood represents my culture, my history and my people (always wrong on so many levels) so I can relate to what this Egyptian gentleman is feeling. Hollywood/American media should be more respectful of other cultures and their history, they should stop wiping away other cultures identities just to rewrite their own idea of what said cultures and their people are like. As Bassem Youssef beautifully said, it's time for Hollywood to listen to the people who own that history.
According to Hollywood you're just mafia and pizza
You guys don't talk with your hands, like tomato sauce, have one aggressive eyebrow and a fiery tempers?
Are you sure?!
@@santiag0106 I cooka the meatball, pass the linguine, itsa me Mario/s
@@samgilbreath1464 JAJAJJAAJ
The only good stories to come from your culture are Rome and mafia shit. I’d say Hollywood gets it right.
As an Irishman I understand your plight. World has gone mad. Great interview, Bassam.
The proof that the Ancient Egyptians were Black is indisputable ua-cam.com/video/3ZKhNPLI3-Y/v-deo.html
Did we do something to you to?
The people who built the pyramids are the people of upper Egypt which includes Aswan and Nuba. People of upper Egypt are BLACK. I'm one of those people, I'm black and proud to be black. This civilization belongs to my BLACK grandparents. Those who live in north of Egypt now are a mix of Arabs, Italians, Greeks, Turks, Morocco and Iranians.
@@mahmoudyounes334 this is why we don’t teach literacy for a reason
@@anslersi I'm not talking about cleo fu***g patra which was white. I'm talking about the earlier Egyptian civilization, this was black.
I usually don’t side with Bassem, but he’s absolutely right on this subject. Egypt has a long history and was a great civilization, who is here to say otherwise!
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!!!!😂😂😂
معلم 😂❤
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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"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!!! ❤️🩹💔❤️🩹💔😭😭
@@Lanafox1020 yes!!!
@@Lanafox1020 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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Glad people are standing up to the insanity of black American pseudo-history.
"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.
I am from Poland and I hate how Hollywood portret us, Slavic nations.
Bassem Youssef - agree with you 100%.
Slavic = Slave people who served their Black and Arab masters for several centuries in West, North Africa and in Arab speaking countries, as well in the ottoman empire who also had Black Leaders known as "Kizlar Agassi" who had power only second to the Sultan in the Ottoman empire.. There more than 2 million white Barbary Coast Slaves in Africa and the middle east while there were Black indentured servants and later slaves in the Americas, and Europa..
ancient egyptians were mediterrannean caucasians just like middle easterns greeks or moroccan/algerian. Clearly not black
@@JBPods You have no proof to back up that claim. Produce the DNA records of indigenous Egyptians. If you can't shut up and have a seat.
Me too! They portray Polish people badly.
Thank you bro, as a member of another Slavic country (Croatia) I hate that they depict us as mobsters, criminals, and so on and not a single Woke person stands against the portrayal of Slavic people.
As an Egyptian, I totally support Dr.Bassem and thank him for this great interview, every culture deserves accurate representation in the media.
As an Indigenous woman, I support this fully! Blackface has got to stop erasing us smaller ethnicity's. We matter also!
The race of people who reside in Egypt - a country on the AFRICAN continent - are Arab invaders who are there in present-day, and that's it. They came in, conquered the region, and these people have to STOP the lies!! Arab armies under the leadership of Amr ibn al-As invaded and conquered Egypt in 639 AD. Egypt was then a province of the Byzantine empire, ruled by a governor residing in Alexandria, the capital city. Deal with it!!
Fake ass Egyptian
You are not an Egpytuan all of you are nothing but thief's who did nothing but invade and stole black people's heritage. Learn your history, no Arab who is white or pink rules Egpyt . Shame on you and you people.
Piers was not expecting him to push that hard against piers masters 🇮🇱
CLEOPATRA was Greek, and she was never Black
Your factually incorrect - she was dark brown aka black
@@donallen7728 You're basing that thesis on what?
All native or original Africans were black - in the USA white racists always say go back to Africa@@subutaynoyan5372
@@donallen7728 No Persians and Indian are dark brown not black
@@donallen7728You are factually incorrect, she was from the Ptolemaic dynasty, aka Greeks. They inbred with other Greeks to be as Greek as possible.
As a Greek, I have to say thank you to Bassem 🇬🇷🇪🇬❤️ he did a brilliant job laying out the facts. Much love to Egypt!
Yes! I'm actually surprised that no one in Greece stood up to complain about this fake documentary! Why are only the Egyptian complaining??
@@chiarabeozzo4901 Generally we think that Cleopatra is part of Egyptian history.
But everyone of us is standing on Egypt's side - on the factually correct side.
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
@@chiarabeozzo4901 if you look at Greece local news you'd know they too are enraged.
Thank you for standing with us ❤️🇪🇬
The other guy reminds me of the social media influencers, they cannot give you anything but silly reactions to hide their ignorance! a Huge respect for Bassem Yousef.
One hundred percent
He’s extremely annoying
He's a whiney ass fairy🧚♂️
The other guy is also a queer.
I disagree with Bassem Youseff but agree that the guy arguing the opposition isn’t making a strong case.
Yeah, he really had nothing of any factual value to add to the conversation, it was really all about how he 'felt'.
I'm not Egyptian but I'm tired of Hollywood taking other cultures history and trying to make them their own. If it's based on history, base it on history as best you can and I think it would be more accurate if the actress had been from Egypt in the first place. The history of countries is not black and white, like Bassem said : “It’s not about black and white, that’s how American’s think”, its true and I think Hollywood should have some rules on how to portray a story, especially, if it is not based on American history.
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
No that is how ignorant Americans think. The majority of us don't care about ethnicity and know we're a great melting pot of people and cultures. Sadly the ignorant are also always the loudest and most outspoken.
Every time we look at Jesus... same thing.
Every time we look at medieval white royal families ... same thing.
Every time we look at Anglo Saxon Romans ... same thing
rock and Roll .. same thing.. Country music... same thing. 🏄surfing... same thing Hawaii.... same thing $5 indian... same
AMERICA IS A MIRROR of what happen to other lands.
Yes/NO; migration of humans do not exist?
Yes/NO; cultural appreciation in ancient times did not occurs? nobody walked into another land like the food, people and culture and STAYED. that only happened in 1492.
because Cleopatra VIII family moved to Africa 300 years before her birth. homegirl is going to be black.
=MO: 🌍🌎🌏of the planet is the same from the birth of the planet. BLACK - default or 1st
@@DirtyD-mo5ud obviously, I don't think that all Americans are ignorant, but I'm talking about movies and TV series, etc., so many companies such as Netflix and Disney. that have recreated or created characters or stories based on how they want to see or tell other cultures national treasures or history. Disney for example have taken other cultures fairy tales ,folklore , mythology to tell about them themselves. Although, for example, the little mermaid is not exactly the same as telling a real story in history. I think it feels like Disney is stealing other cultures stories and doing it for their own gain.
@TeZa I agree which is why I no longer buy Disney products. They are pushing propaganda and lies like so many other major corporations and governments at the moment.
For those who say, “Isn’t Egypt in Africa?” Egypt is a transcontinental country. The Egyptian Empire in ancient times extended to the countries of the Levant, and Egypt is also one of the peoples of the Mediterranean and the inhabitants of North Africa. Who says, “Isn’t Egypt the black land?” When King Menes unified the kingdoms of the North and South, The terminology used to refer to Egypt was not uniform for them . Fishermen and farmers called it Kemet. It was also called Dashert the land is filled by those who live in the desert. It was referred to as the Red Land. As for the kings, after the unification of Egypt, it appeared in the Amarna letters between Amenhotep III and IV, calling it Egypt, as in the Arab and Hebrew "Misr, Misry, Misraym.. " And all derivatives of this name
Kemet for the color of the Nil, Dashert for the desert.
We call it black land, because on both banks of the Nile River there is fertile black soil suitable for agriculture, and not because the ancient Egyptians were black.
@@tasneembadway8391 I know this already, and that is why I said that fishermen and farmers called Egypt that. For your information, it was not the only name for Egypt, especially since this was before King Menes united the kingdoms of the North and South.
Bantu and Nubians have heavy stock in the Ancient History of Egypt Facts! It doesn't get anymore simpler than that.
Africa is not black, sub-saharan africa is black.
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.
As an Italian I fully understand Bassem and the Egyptians. It's not about black or white, Egyptians simply don't want their culture being used by an ideology born in the African-American community. Indeed, there is a risk that the "light-skinned" Egyptians might be seen as invaders once the idea of Africa as a unique "black continent" has been spread.
they consider all Egyptian are invaders. Egyptians are of light complexions. Even that Anwar Sadat. Black Americans want to claim North and East Aftica because they dont look like the rest of Africans
The added irony is that Black ultranationalist Americans venerate the Moors. That group that invaded Europe and enslaved others? You cannot make this up but as someone who lived in North America for 12 years and saw up close and personal the insanity of "belief" systems like the Nuwabians, Hebrew Israelites etc I am just relieved I am not alone in observing the insane levels of revisionism and hypocrisy let alone how the fringes of Black Nationalist thought and revisionism being uncritically embraced by young people dying to be seen as an "ally" or "non-racist."
Not only the Egyptians are exposed to this, even we Amazighs (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya) are exposed to this thing, they want us to leave our land just because our skin is white
Cleopatra , as long as she is good looking I'm fine with it , she can be black , Russian , white , Iranian , Iraqi , north Korean , native American , pacific islander as long as she is good looking , Cleopatra was known for being good looking , just don't put some guy like the 300 Xerxes as Cleopatra , no one knows what Cleopatra looked like , the only image to her is sculped stone work , to suggest she was white is simply wrong , its not true , she was either mixed race or had dark skin , she wasn't a Viking
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924 dear please do a 10 sec research on cleopatra and then speak for God’s sake, she was from upper Greece and they have a light skin tone.
And again as bassem said we don’t care if its black or white, its culture appropriation
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....
I appreciate Bassam Youssef! Thank you for your intelligent remarks. We(USA) need more intelligent remarks.
Plus, as a middle eastern myself I know that indigenous COPTIC EGYPTIANS today are exact DNA genetic ancestors to ancient Egyptians, Coptic Egyptians STILL speak ancient Egyptian language today! And they are NOT “bleck” like west Africans, they are unique more middle eastern looking peoples since geographical y Egypt is closer to Middle East then west African nations!
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...
“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
As a Greek, I stand by Dr. Bassem and the Egyptian people. Please, there are so many wonderful real stories to be told about black history and black Queens, that it really is petty to try and diminish someone else’s culture and a real person’s race and identity to appear woke. It really creates the reverse effect-it further pushes into obscurity real black history of real black people.
As a fellow Greek I fully agree. We learned abt Cleopatra all our lives and instead of gaining new knowledge about lesser known queens of Africa we are having a total unnecessary conversation abt an issue that has long being resolved.
Seriously? Blacks have no great kings or history, because of this they steal the history of others. What will they talk about? About cannibalism or slave trade which they did throughout their history in Africa and still do?
As a Greek, Chinese, Indian or Samoan does not matter. This guy is emotional and have no historical depth in what he is saying. It like saying that the Turks are native to Istanbul and Arabs of Mauretania are native to the Empire of Ghana(which was located in Mauretania). As a this, that Simpleton does not matter ...
@@jenkroberts8973 He absolutely understands Egypts history, and wouldn't be speaking about it otherwise. Egypt has had tens of dynasties, and it is a cultural melting pot full of different 'races'. However, this is a DOCUMENTARY, and frankly, you don't know enough about Arabs to give your opinion on them. And yes, mentioning the country does matter, especially those in the area, as we seem to be called 'invaders' and 'colonizers'- completely inaccurate terms considering their modern usage. Yes, I wish he had used the PLENTY evidence provided by scholars, but it was a talkshow with piers morgan, and the other individual gentlemen did nothing but sit down and sneer condescendingly.
@@dudua3755 I have visited Egypt and Mauretania. I bet you also have an advance degree in African and Middle Eastern history from a world class university..
Cleopatra was Greek, from Macedonia, like her ancestors.Therefore she couldn't be black for crying out loud....!!!
I am Greek and I agree. Ancient Greek & Egyptian history is so rich and wonderful why can’t they make movies that do them justice ? Bassem is 💯
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@Max Edelstahl according to DNA analysis that is debunked. most Egyptians still retain the same DNA as ancients so nice try.
Because "they" are making them. When YOU make them, they will be accurate.
today's "Egyptians" separating themselves from any black or African connections is steeped in colourism, racism and honestly quite telling of who they are descendants of. It isn't the ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS. It's hilarious the language that has been developed to try and mask the truth of history. "Nubian" Egyptians = BLACK lmao. the pyramids of Giza were built by these Nubians aka black Egyptians - FACTS. Egypt only became Egypt after the first Pharoah (who was BLACK) united the communities north & south of the Nile. The Pyramids and artefacts of today are mainly from the NUBIAN aka BLACK dynasty of Egypt because they BUILT ANCIENT EGYPT, the invaders just simply lived in and enjoyed what already was. NUBIAN Egypt was already an established, renowned thriving kingdom, with Pyramids, Gold, Tombs etc... before it was invaded by the Persians, Greek & Arabs. The wealth, knowledge and resources Egypt had were the very reasons it was invaded. Over time it became a nation of MIXED RACE people because of the constant invasion but the ORIGNAL EGYPTIAN were "NUBIAN" aka BLACK! all you have to do is go to the British Museum or google to see if what I am saying is true. the people that represent Egypt today are mainly descendants of the invaders and not native to the land...unless you travel down the Nile aka the north side.
@@UltimateChaosForce Bruh Bassem has Causasian features. His ancestors obviously come from a colder environment. He doesn’t even have brown eyes. Look at the interviewer and look at him. The are so many similarities !. AFRICA does not produce facial features like that. Look at the early humans ( they all had broad noses to cool the brain) The pyramids are in AFRICA.
I am Algerian and I salute Mr. Bassem Yussef for telling the Truth and defending historical facts ....So brave , convincing and well versed 🙏🙏👏🎩🎩
🤺☦🇷🇺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!!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@yoyoit1587 Not gonna help u spam pseudo history - I am after u😁. The Ottomans and Arabs where a minority ruling class in the lands they conquered, and didn't change most of the population. You are sooo shallow, go learn real history lol
Many people in Europe has spread the notion that Africa is all black that is the problem. There are white berbers in Africa too and so people like elezibeth tailer did look like berbers africans and this the problem with allot of people who thinks AFRICA IS ALL BLACK
Algerian ??? Y’all came from saoudi Arabia and colonized Northern Africa , y’all aren’t Africans and never will be. Y’all don’t even consider yourself African because y’all know you aren’t Africans but Arabs so why attach Egyptian history to yourself when u aren’t black ?
@@Dailymailnewz those white in Northern Africa came from Saudi Arabia and colonized Africa , the moors lived there way before they conquered the continent
I'm european and I absolutely agree with Bassem. It's incredible how Owens dares to defy an egyptian trying to justify the actress chosen, shameful!
All Europeans are liars and thieves. I have come to believe Europeans are inherently evil. When Jesus returns and sets up His millennial Kingdom it will be devoid of Europeans. The European bloodlines are corrupted with evil. God is still cleansing the bloodlines.
There is no such thing as a European. What specific country are you from, don't be shy to call your country by name.
@@CórkaMokoszy I am Belgian and i speak a latin langage since the time of the Roman colonisation.
@@CórkaMokoszy "There is no such thing as a European". Confidently incorrect.
@@DhimitriPero I`m from Poland and I will not say that I`m European. Europe is a continent, not one big country like the United States. In my country it matters to say that you are Polish and not European and the rest of the "Europeans" I recommend to do the same so as not to forget about your ancestors and your culture.
Cleopatra was a Macedonian greek, she was most certainly of European descent.
I’m not Egyptian but I totally agree with Bassem. Stealing other peoples history and blackwashing everything is very annoying
So white washing and Arab washing is fine? Lol hypocrisy
But Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian, she was a Macedonian white lady.
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
Gosh whitewashing used to be the thing, now blackwashing is the trend.
@@raymollyraymolly722 your talking about Cleopatra VII there are Seven Cleopatra's not one , you should read
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?
As a coloured woman from South Africa, I have never related more precisely with someone's sentiments about cultural appropriation and erasure as a do with Bassem Youssef. Thank you for using your voice to spread truth, sir.
As a Black, Arab, Chinese whatever... What you are does not matter -- this is about history and migration. I am a historian who views history through evidence of invasions and archeological digs. The Arabs majority of Egypt are not native to Egypt. Would you say that the Turks are the native people of Asia Minor and Constantinople (Istanbul)? Absolutely not !! because they migrated and conquered the area. If one looks at the Migration of Fulani people who move down from North Africa into West Africa, we know that they are not native to West Africa. Similarly, Arabs who invaded Egypt are not Ancient Egyptians. They are modern day Egyptian.
@Truth Crime Racism. are you a simpleton or just dimwitted. This is about history and the migration of people.
@@jenkroberts8973 guess what blacks aren’t native to ancient egypt as well so go find something else to steal
Same
@@jenkroberts8973 there's smth I think u don't know which is Arab is not a blood line, you can become an Arab if you followed the Arab culture, language, Customs and traditions etc.
and if you don't know... if the British occupation of India didn't happen, Indians would have been Arabs by now
Egyptians was not Arabs... but they BECAME Arabs.
Cleopatra was from a Greek Macedonian family. Probably not as white as Elizabeth Taylor but almost certainly not black.
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AFRICAN
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AFRICA,
GOT IT?
@@marksykes3817 Cleopatra was member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy I, was general of Alexander the Great). These rulers were of Greek Macedonian ancestry, and they never married an Egyptian or non Greek. Many times their wives were members of their family. Imagine Cleopatra was the first (and last) of them, who learnt to speak the egyptian language. Her skin colour would look like the skin of a Greek person or of someone in general who lived in the Mediterranean. So she would be white, but not as British or Swedish people are. More tanned. Your logic that because she was in Africa she was black is false. Because in every continent there are people of different origins.
@@marksykes3817 < inbred.
@@vaggos013 White doesn't mean pale skin. It's a laymen term for European. Japanese and Koreans have white skin. They're not referred to as white (Arabs and Mestizos have both brown skin. Indians can have black skin but are not African). Anti-racists created this mess by idiotically denoting everything as skin color. She was "white," as in European. Had olive complexion skin color (which Europeans can have because race isn't skin color).
@@marksykes3817Elon Musk is an African, was he black?
What a huge difference in style of conversation and intellect. Thank you Bassem!
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As someone with Nubian Egyptian heritage, I can tell you; This is BULLSHIT. This is not important, stop exaggerating this nonsense and then farm the negativity for clicks and views. We have a political crisis in Sudan and Egypt, and here we are talking about a Netflix show with Piers who just wants to farm your frustration for views and to score some ideological points.
The proof that the Ancient Egyptians were Black is indisputable ua-cam.com/video/3ZKhNPLI3-Y/v-deo.html
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!
Egyptian history cannot be distorted for the sake of people who think their ancestors did great things that were not theirs, Bassem Youssef great as usual
@@yoyoit1587 🤺☦🇷🇺Ignorant🤣 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!!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Their ancestors? Present day Egyptians are Arabs.
@@yoyoit1587 Cleopatra's origin isn't very well known but there is a little bit of evidence that she has greek origin and there were Greek and Roman rulers of Egypt. But in the end we all know who the real indegenes are since they where perfectly described by one of the greek Philosophers.
@Shadowess present day Egyptians are Egyptians who speak arabic, that's it
@@shadowess1961 Arabs and Berbers. But all these people need to learn the Arabs weren't in Ancient Egypt
Spot on,she wasn't black, or was Ann Bolyn,nor Guinevere,but they have all been portraying them as such in screwed up world of TV and Hollywood rewriting history.
He wrote a book called "The Case for Cancel Culture". That's all you need to know about this guy.
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JAMES BOND WILL BE BLACK MONEY PENNY ALREADY IS THEY HAD AN ENGLISH BLACK QUEEN DR WHO IS GOING TO BE BLACK TEAMED WITH ISLAM THE ENGLISH RACE & CULTURE IS BEING DESTROYED THEY ARE VANISHISNG FROM FOOTBALL TV STREETS & POLITICS ISLAM BLACKS & INDIA RULE THE 3 CULTURES WHO HATE THE ENGLISH & SUPPORT PUTIN
cancel culture originates from the far right, acting like toddlers and pretend to be victims when they've done something that calls for a boycott of them.
it's simply self-victimization that gets presented in a new packaging so that they can whine
Being advertised on his shelf LOL
Thank you Mr. Bassem Youssef…excellent points, and I’m glad that Piers brought a real life Egyptian to defend his culture.
Bassem gave no points other than he claimed that people looked like him built the pyramids, and that made him appear like an idiot..
@@etruscancivilization neither did the other guy, you blacks have 0 knowledge and refuse to simply believe your ancestors were enslaved from other parts of africa... they weren't even fought for, most were sold by their own brethern as history would say it.
@@etruscancivilization
Actually he is right.
His ancestors that look like him built the pyramids.
You not agreeing with this makes you appear like an idiot.
@@etruscancivilization people looked like him=egyptians ..
So you claim that egyptians didnt built the pyramids ??
@@etruscancivilization ancient egyptians were mediterrannean caucasians just like middle easterns greeks or morrocan/algerian. Clearly not black
Bassem Youssef knew exactly what he was talking about, properly educated and well versed in his country's history. Ernest Owens did a 5 minute research on Twitter and 6 minutes on UA-cam.
And he only found those tweets that suits him..
He sad nothing of value.. Nothing.. Just repeating some twitts that are laughable and insultingly false statements.. He should be ashamed..
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.
@@Dib-u-eegistatignoolajiyada1 Hate to break it to you but ancient Egyptian DNA was closer to middle Eastern DNA than African with a Eurasian mtDNA type ...
Modern Egyptians share this mtDNA haplogroup profile, but also carried 8% more African component.(a sub-Saharan mtDNA mix from Sudan)
@@wildfire160 are we talking about the ruling family or regular people. After first dynasty the Assyrians invaded which made the second kingdom ruling people middle easterns.
I’m African… but I like the way piers asked d gentleman if a white man acted Mandela, how would he feel
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
As an Egyptian I always found it weird about actors being inaccurately chosen to play the roles of our kings and queens and history, thanks Bassem for pointing out these facts.
Except Elizabeth Taylor because she is the same race as Cleopatra.
@@mrpopo8298 True both were Caucasian.
This is not simply an example of being lazy, sloppy and "inaccurate." According to Netflix, Cleopatra was in fact a black African woman.
no she was not
😂De votre histoire dis-tu ? khemet n'avait rien avoir avec vous vous avez commencé à envahir khemet qui est appelé aujourd'hui Egypte au 7eme siècles de l'ère chrétienne l'Égypte antique pharaonique était Noir.
“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
They call us invaders. We are mostly Berber in North Africa.
They want Hannibal played by a black person.
He was of mixed Phoenician and Berber heritage
My Egyptian mom just watched this video she is crying now from happiness thank you bassem for speaking out the truth your are our hero ❤❤
Why she cry klopatra was Greek not Egyptian either you guys have a huge problem with black skin
It's clear that Mr Youssef sincerely wants to protect his country's history and culture. And, ironically, he's having to protect it from the people in America who claim the loudest to be against cultural appropriation.
todays rulers of Egypt permit the british and americans dig up the ancient graves; Of a Civilization that is not theirs...
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PROTECTION!!!!! Youssef is a POSER!!!!!
they want the British pound or the american dollar!!!!!!
What culture when they stole an entire country .. they had no business being in Egypt in the first place
He needs to check the museum in England and start collecting the stolen Egyptian artifacts
I Completely agree with the Egyptian man. A wonderful example of the difference between an educated, knowledgeable, respectful individual with poise and grace in his arguments and an uneducated, entitled, overly sensitive individual, lacking in facts and knowledge who is completely disrespectful as he rolls his eyes an makes faces.
I completely agree. What a nut the guy rolling his eyes. I bet he knows nothing about history of Egypt or ancient civilizations.
Insanely immature attitude. We live at the times where kids are not reading books anymore, so it’s even more important for the documentaries to be 100% accurate
@@KristynaStefanova Absolutely zero knowledge. But this is how uneducated, unintelligent people behave all the time -- they want to win arguments with raised voices and buzz words thrown around. If they can't reason (which they usually can't) they start with the victim playing, public whining and eye rolling. Sadly, as long as there are people who give them their time of day and platforms to appear on, they'll continue. They haven't faced the music yet that life is not all fun and games and yes, it's unfair, too.
@@fanni24 What a great description of the toxic behavior. Thank you! Very well written!
@@fanni24 That guy would be in the very first line of protests when Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King are played by white or asian actors.
The Egyptian man is mad because Netflix is calling this production a DOCUMENTARY!
This man's face expressions was very disrespectful. This is not the way to have an intellectual, mature and respectful discussion/disagreement with someone. Thank you Bassem.
Yea those faces were something an immature kid would do
OMG yes, so disgusting LOL
What a joke. That guys was so disrespectful
A flaming queen who always manages to steal the attention..love the plucked eye brows btw.
Give that queer marxist a bud light.
he was struggling holding a shit while on air
As an American, I apologize to all Egyptians on this topic. I have never been so thoroughly pissed off at my own countrymen’s ignorance and sense of entitlement on a culture they CLEARLY know nothing about.
America with unjust wars, regime changes and insidious color mind games has been trying to destroy Asia and it's history and spiritual history. All the teachers of all the faiths are from Asia, this is how this planet was colonized. Europe understood the power of Christ's words and created beautiful civilization but later manipulated the Asian bible from the 50+ versions to the European image for "Power and Greed". China is the Orient. The Vatican is a business, with it's own bank and will/has done everything for the business. Playing God does not go well because Creation will fight for it's truth. America/Nato are losing it's power because of this primitive thinking. America was loved , but today is losing it's soul.
You apologize because you know Egyspt history and culture? because you know African history?
@@jeanbois7670 Modern day egyptians carry the north african E strain, more specifically the E-M78 + V-22, basically the very exact same strain that has always been dominant in Egypt since ancient times and all the dna studies proves this again and again.
@@jeanbois7670 No pre-contact sub Saharan African population have ever created a written language or weaved cloth or forged steel. They never invented anything not even a wheel or plow. Or devised a calendar, or code of laws, or any social organization, or formal religion, or a system of measurement, or math, or built a multi-story structure, or bridge or sewer. Pre-contact Sub-Saharan black Africans have never ever created infrastructure of any kind nor have they harnessed a river or even drilled well or irrigated, or built a road, or railway, or sea-worthy vessel. They never domesticated animals or exploited underground natural resources or produced anything that could be considered a mechanical device.
Is this why american blacks are stealing egyptian history and civilisation?
I now understand why black people are hated in America. They have caused too many troubles to this country.
The guy on the right is straight up trashing the gentlemen so hard with the looks, as soon as he lost the argument he started putting ass faces for legit no reason, this is a clear example of someone wrongly educated and most importantly, someone that has never faced any real consecuences for what he says/does.
Massive respect for the Bassem Youssef, never let any stupid brat tell you what to do or think.
something cringeworthy to note: He is an author and published a book called "The case for cancel culture" which u can see in the background
@@cosmosDivye I’ve just seen that 🤦♂️😭 also when he was talking about how there was plenty of white actors in the movie was he referring to the romans? Like the majority of them are white if I’m not mistaken
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"ass faces" 😂 you got me laughing there, good one.
its becuz hes black
Someday they’ll say that Cleopatra was African-American.
Bassem is so confident and clear and know exactly what he talking about ,other than the other guy who just keep making a silly faces and didn't know what he talking about , thanks to you bassem for bring our voices and speaks great about our Egyptian history and culture, proud of you .
It's not "your" history, invader
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
Yeah that young man is truly a clueless sheep. His dumb expressions just show how incapable he is at rational thought