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Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibit about black musicians

Post by Mesob » 07 Jun 2023, 22:11

Look how the Arab and Muslim Egypt hates anything about the black people and Africa, while their only survival depends on the waters and rivers of the black people, specially on Ethiopia's Abay river.
Do you expect the Arab slaves in Ethiopian Review forum to speak up against their Arab masters who keep on spitting at their faces?


Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibit about black musicians
June 7, 2023 BBC

Beyoncé performs in an outfit inspired by Queen Nefertiti at the Coachella festival in California (14 April 2018)Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Beyoncé wore an Nefertiti-inspired costume while performing at the 2018 Coachella festival

A Dutch museum says its archaeologists have been banned from carrying out excavations at a key Egyptian site over an exhibition exploring the influence of ancient Egypt on black musicians.

The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden said Egyptian authorities had accused it of "falsifying" history through its showcase of work by artists including Beyoncé, Nas and Miles Davis.

It called the argument "unfounded" and expressed disappointment at the ban.

Egyptian officials have not commented.

But last month Egyptian media reported that the exhibition had angered a local antiquities expert, who said it supported "Afrocentric theory".

The event prompted an Egyptian MP to ask the government what it was doing to "confront the distortion of Egyptian civilization".

The museum also said that it had received comments via social media that were "racist or offensive in nature" since the exhibition opened.

The dispute comes only weeks after Egyptian authorities condemned a new Netflix docudrama series depicting Queen Cleopatra as a black African as a "falsification of history".

The antiquities ministry insisted that Cleopatra had "Hellenistic (Greek) features", including "light skin".
The exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) - entitled Kemet. Egypt in Hip Hop, jazz, soul & funk - aims to demonstrate how Ancient Egypt and Nubia have been "an undeniable source of inspiration for musicians of African descent for over 70 years".

The artists have embraced the ancient cultures and employed the associated motifs "as symbols of resistance, empowerment and spiritual healing", it says. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65835611

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Re: Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibit about black musicians

Post by kerenite » 09 Jun 2023, 12:09

Mesob wrote:
07 Jun 2023, 22:11
Look how the Arab and Muslim Egypt hates anything about the black people and Africa, while their only survival depends on the waters and rivers of the black people, specially on Ethiopia's Abay river.
Do you expect the Arab slaves in Ethiopian Review forum to speak up against their Arab masters who keep on spitting at their faces?


Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibit about black musicians
June 7, 2023 BBC

Beyoncé performs in an outfit inspired by Queen Nefertiti at the Coachella festival in California (14 April 2018)Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Beyoncé wore an Nefertiti-inspired costume while performing at the 2018 Coachella festival

A Dutch museum says its archaeologists have been banned from carrying out excavations at a key Egyptian site over an exhibition exploring the influence of ancient Egypt on black musicians.

The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden said Egyptian authorities had accused it of "falsifying" history through its showcase of work by artists including Beyoncé, Nas and Miles Davis.

It called the argument "unfounded" and expressed disappointment at the ban.

Egyptian officials have not commented.

But last month Egyptian media reported that the exhibition had angered a local antiquities expert, who said it supported "Afrocentric theory".

The event prompted an Egyptian MP to ask the government what it was doing to "confront the distortion of Egyptian civilization".

The museum also said that it had received comments via social media that were "racist or offensive in nature" since the exhibition opened.

The dispute comes only weeks after Egyptian authorities condemned a new Netflix docudrama series depicting Queen Cleopatra as a black African as a "falsification of history".

The antiquities ministry insisted that Cleopatra had "Hellenistic (Greek) features", including "light skin".
The exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) - entitled Kemet. Egypt in Hip Hop, jazz, soul & funk - aims to demonstrate how Ancient Egypt and Nubia have been "an undeniable source of inspiration for musicians of African descent for over 70 years".

The artists have embraced the ancient cultures and employed the associated motifs "as symbols of resistance, empowerment and spiritual healing", it says. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65835611

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Mesob aka mekombia aka roha ake abe abraham,

Kudos to Egypt. Hurrah!

I say well done muslim-arab Egypt!!! Keep it up.

Tadiya min yitebes? Yet abatik litidersi naw [deleted] tigre anbeta belicha or is it belita.

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