why are swana actors never casted for swana roles?
Not just Egyptian ngl whenever there is a character that's South West asian or North african they don't cast an actor that's from said country or culture.
Here tho I am particularly talking about Akasha from iwtv. It's not the first time this happens it happened before but I am wondering why it keeps happening? I didn't even know akasha was Egyptian because no one talked about it or talked about how they didn't actually cast an Egyptian person. I researched it myself and then I found out she is Egyptian.
The west always treat swana culture and history as "for everyone" to "honour" and "represent" when that's not the case.
No hate to the actress btw I actually loved her performance and she was one of my favourite things about this season. My issue is with the screenwriters here and how they do representation in general because I do have alot of criticisms on their representation.
Edit:I was wrong that Akasha is Egyptian she is actually iraqi so my point still stands. She is however an Egyptian queen so if they cast an iraqi or an Egyptian actress it would have been fine(although I still wouldn't like that because it would mean Egyptians and Iraqis are interchangeable which is racist and problematic)
My point is the west treat swana people and their story and culture as everybody's and whether akasha is iraqi or Egyptian my point stands in that department.