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		sonofhans on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How A Bedouin Tracker Sees the Desert This reminds of of what Prince Feisal said in Lawrence of Arabia: > I think you are another of these desert-loving English: Doughty, Stanhope, Gordon of Khartoum. No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees, there is nothing in the desert. No man needs nothing.

DoreenMichele on Sept 9, 2022 [–]

At some point in the movie, Lawrence tells someone he likes the desert "because it's clean."

sonofhans on Sept 9, 2022 | [–]

I remember that! He was so fastidious. God, what an incredible portrayal. I remember this coming through clearly in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, too.

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