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The foreign press is awash with coverage of Israeli actress Gal Gadot\u2019s casting as Cleopatra:<\/strong> The Guardian<\/a> writes that the film industry has a \u201cfrustrating habit of whitewashing history and movies about Cleopatra.\u201d Debates have arisen about Cleopatra\u2019s race with many saying Gadot\u2019s casting is justifiable as the historical figure had Macedonian-Greek heritage on her father\u2019s side while others say her mother\u2019s unverified background means she is mixed race. Elsewhere, the Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a> is calling for the release of Kamal El Balshy \u2014 whose brother Khaled is already in detention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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