Photo. The
fortification constructed for the movie about Lawrence of Arabia. © Travel
Explorations.
Before filming the moviemakers built a big fortifications in the middle of
the desert Wadi Rum. It's full of small and big room with a great number of
tunnels and holes. It's like a labyrinth where you easily can get lost.
So what is this fortification doing in
the movie its for me a mystery. It would be more romantic to tell
the story as it really was. For the first; Lawrence of Arabia didn't
live in this fortification.
As mentioned, it was just constructed for the movie. For the second: he had
probably his own intention for helping the Arabians. In addition he also did it
for strategic military purposes behalf of British interests.
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Photo.
Lawrence of Arabia lived in a big cave in the desert for a while before
the attack on Aqaba.
© Travel Explorations.
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The story in the film is not so bright as it is told.
In the desert of Dana and Wadi Rum the Bedouin people still live as they have
been doing for centuries. They still wander through the desert looking for the
best places to herd their sheep and goats, carrying their black tents with them
wherever they go.
T. E. Lawrence became famous after the First World War because of the remarkable
role he had played while serving as a British liaison officer during the
Arab Revolt of 1916 -18.
Coming up more information and video clip
from a recent movie about him.
Stein Morten Lund, 18 October
2005
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