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global travel shot: lawrence of arabia’s home in yanbu

Heard of Lawrence of Arabia? Who hasn’t. Immortalised by books and cinema, Lawrence of Arabia aka Thomas Edward Lawrence [1888 – 1935] was a Welsh British intelligence officer. He played a key role in the British-funded Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during WWI. The plan was to break Ottoman hold over the Middle-East.

With his shemagh [headdress], thawb [robe], and fluent Arabic, Lawrence blended in well with the Arabs, living a life and in homes no different from theirs. Such as the two-storeyed coral-stone Hejazi house in Yanbu by the Red Sea in which he lived from 1916 to 1917 during his assignment.

The British eventually went back on their word in which they’d promised Saudi Arabia a large chunk of the Middle-East once it was freed from Ottoman rule. Through secret treaties with the French, the two Western nations took direct control of the countries instead. Lawrence of Arabia’s stint in Saudi Arabia became a blockbuster movie in 1962. And his abandoned home? Now carefully restored, it is Yanbu’s most famous tourist attraction. 🙂

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[Note: I travelled through Saudi Arabia for 17 days in January-February this year. To read more posts in my Saudi Arabia series, click here.]

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Yanbu Saudi Arabia

#ArabRevolt1916 #LawrenceOfArabia #LawrenceOfArabiaHouseYanbu #MiddleEast #SaudiArabiaTravel #ThingsToDoInSaudiArabia #WorldWarI #YanbuAttractions

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global travel shot: lawrence of arabia’s home in yanbu

Heard of Lawrence of Arabia? Who hasn’t. Immortalised by books and cinema, Lawrence of Arabia aka Thomas Edward Lawrence [1888 – 1935] was a Welsh British intelligence officer. He played a key role in the British-funded Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during WWI. The plan was to break Ottoman hold over the Middle-East.

With his shemagh [headdress], thawb [robe], and fluent Arabic, Lawrence blended in well with the Arabs, living a life and in homes no different from theirs. Such as the two-storeyed coral-stone Hejazi house in Yanbu by the Red Sea in which he lived from 1916 to 1917 during his assignment.

The British eventually went back on their word in which they’d promised Saudi Arabia a large chunk of the Middle-East once it was freed from Ottoman rule. Through secret treaties with the French, the two Western nations took direct control of the countries instead. Lawrence of Arabia’s stint in Saudi Arabia became a blockbuster movie in 1962. And his abandoned home? Now carefully restored, it is Yanbu’s most famous tourist attraction. 🙂

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[Note: I travelled through Saudi Arabia for 17 days in January-February this year. To read more posts in my Saudi Arabia series, click here.]

24.089527 38.061835

Yanbu Saudi Arabia

#ArabRevolt1916 #LawrenceOfArabia #LawrenceOfArabiaHouseYanbu #MiddleEast #SaudiArabiaTravel #ThingsToDoInSaudiArabia #WorldWarI #YanbuAttractions