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Richard Aldington | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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Lawrence of Legend

Lawrence of Legend

When I was spending summer afternoons copying Arabic lettering off the blackboard at Oxford University’s Oriental Institute, I would often catch myself staring out of the dull, aluminum-framed windows. Where were the sweeping skylines pricked with minarets, the...