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I wish you were Lovely " View at Friar s crag near Keswick in Lake District. A Ertith travel Anthomy Bali . Lawrence few arabs know who he was by John Rice associated press Here is til lie of Lawrence in Arabia no Street no town no statue commemorates . Lawrence world War i British officer whose name in West still evokes Romance of desert and of guerrilla campaigns with arabian tribesmen. Not a single shop of Cale named Tor Lawrence is listed in National Telephone directory of Jordan location of his Best known exploits Lawrence of Arabia was made a legend in West he was never a legend Here said Sari Nasir a University of Jordan sociologist who has written on Western views of i he arabs. A wartime propaganda Eliot a classic Book and a celebrated movie made Camel Riding englishman in Arab garb More famous in West than cause he fought for liberation of arabs from centuries of turkish Rule. But Nasir said Tew arabs know who Lawrence was and for those who do memory is fainted by association with broken promises of British colonialism. Lawrence in his Book seven pillars of Wisdom grossly exaggerated his own role in Arab revolt Arab historians assert. He did not Lead revolt. It was an Arab revolt. He was one of Many said Suleiman Mousa. A jordanian historian who wrote . Lawrence. An Arab View which documented errors in Lawrence s Book. Sensitivities Are 10 it rang that Jordan banned Academy award winning Lawrence of Arabia 1962 motion picture in which Peter o Toole played title role travellers can still see rail lines that Lawrence dynamited and guides will Point out to Western tourists rooms Lawrence occupied in Crumb Jlong roman fort at Azrat. Gut if i came and suggested a Street should be named Lor him or a cafe or a Road they would look at me As having a very strange Mousa said. Lawrence was an arabic speaking archaeologist who found his Way into British intelligence in world War i and enlisted in British Effort to Aid Arab revolt to divert turkish and Gorman Energy away from Europe Britain supported rebellion launched by Hashemi a Sharif of Mecca Hussein bin a. The British promised to work for an Independent Arab nation Al War s end in modern Syria Palestine. Jordan. Saudi Yiahia and Iraq. Tho Sharif s sons rallied a Lidice army of dose i tribesmen that with British advisers such As Lawrence fought their Way so Miles to Damascus ending centuries of ottoman Rule but victorious european allies Pul Syria under French Rule and left Palestine. Jordan and Iraq under British Tutelage. Only modern saudi Arabia was made fully Independent Nasir said Lawrence legend fed on racial stereotypes and on Western beliefs thai arabs needed foreigners to guide them american journalist Lowell Thomas made Lawrence a hero in 1919 with a series of lectures in United states and Britain portraying Blue eyed englishman in Lull Arab Robes loading wild tribesmen on daring raids again turks. The legend grew with seven pillars which Winston Churchill said ranks Wilh Ine greatest books Ever written in English Lawrence s driving poetic language captivated Western readers but his descriptions were not always kind to his Battlefield comrades Thoy were a limited narrow minded people he wrote whose inert intellects Lay fallow in injurious his Alliance with one of Hussein s sons Feisal and his expressed mistrust of another Abdullah also undermined his later standing among arabs for it was Abdulah who founded Modem Jordan and who was Grandfather of current King Hussein Abdullah saw Lawrence As meddlesome Mousa said trauma of Arab disappointments and european assistance Lor creation of Israel played against Lawrence s reputation it is a matter of Pride Mousa said. we achieved Unity had we not been Defeated by israelis i Don t think we would be so sensitive about he said his own opinion of Lawrence has mellowed since he wrote his Book 20 years ago , Lawrence in 1939. To my mind he did his Best to Foster Arab cause As tar As he was Able and within framework of being a British officer Mousa said. Despite what a believes Are its inventions and distortions Arab historian said i should confess Hal seven pillars of Wisdom was a great service to arabs. It was to my mind he most important medium to bring. The aspirations Olih a
