# Talk:Rami Malek

I noticed there is a hidden HTML comment in the article that says: . This feels inappropriate and biased.
Rami Malek has spoken openly about his Egyptian heritage, and multiple reliable sources (such as The National) highlight that he became the first Egyptian to win Best Actor at the Oscars. Given that, it seems both relevant and properly sourced to describe him as Egyptian-American in the lead.
The MOS:ETHNICITY guideline says we can include ethnicity when it's relevant to the subject's notability and is supported by reliable sources — and this clearly applies here.
I'd like to restore the description "Egyptian-American actor" in the lead with a reliable source (already cited in the article). Let me know if there's consensus or concern, but the current hidden comment shouldn't block good-faith edits or suppress accurate info.
Thanks! 197.121.231.25 (talk) 01:30, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

It's an issue of citizenship in most cases. He doesn't have dual citizenship and hasn't done any work in Egypt to bypass the citizenship issue. Per MOS:ETHNICITY: In most modern-day cases, this will be the country, region, or territory where the person is currently a national or permanent resident; or, if the person is notable mainly for past events, where the person was such when they became notable. If you see Timothée Chalamet, it says American and French actor because he has dual citizenship.  oncamera  (talk page) 05:11, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no difference between Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic, right? If they're not different, then why include both in the lead? Wouldn't it make more sense to just include that in the native name field in the infobox instead, to avoid unnecessary repetition in the lead? Lililolol (talk) 00:59, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

++ I believe the Egyptian Arabic version is just the pronunciation, right? So why is it necessary if the English one is already there? Plus, isn't he using the English pronunciation anyway?Lililolol (talk) 01:01, 21 July 2025 (UTC)