Arabia
About Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, or simply Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia. It accounts for the majority of the land situated on the Arabian plate. With an area of 3,237,500 km2 (1.25 million mi2), it is the world's largest peninsula—roughly comparable in size to India. Nine countries are located on the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as the southern halves of Iraq and Jordan.
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T.E. Lawrence had been an archaeologist and a photographer in Arabia. He loved the area so much. His big thing was he was lobbying for Arabian independence, but it turned out the British and French had already kind of carved up the area.
from No Such Thing As Darts Vader, 2024-08-01 at 00:08:34 · read transcript
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She was called Antoinette, and they got in 1962 the year the film came out and their eldest son became the king of Jordan in 1999 So that's a happy happy ending so the the movie is based on a book seven pillars of wisdom, which is T E Lawrence is biography Yeah, yeah, we should say he was a real guy. Just in case any listeners don't know who T.E. Lawrence was. He was a British intelligence officer and he'd been an archaeologist and a photographer in Arabia. He loved the area so much. Then during the war, he joined the army, became an intelligence officer.
542: No Such Thing As Darts Vader, 2024-08-01 · listen
In what did he play Lawrence of Arabia? Oh, was it in Lawrence of Arabia? It wasn't, James. God, you've made a fool of yourself. Have I? He played King Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia. Bizarrely, two years before the film, Lawrence of Alabia, Arabia... Lawrence of Alavia. Sorry. I accidentally watched. I can see why this shocked audience is in 1960, actually, yeah. There's your episode title.
No Such Thing As The Farto Phone, 2024-05-30 · listen
Did you know the second highest sand dune in Europe is in Wales? Is it? It's a place which is nicknamed the South Wales Sahara. It's 800 acres of sand. The dunes get up to 200 feet tall, which is actually... That's massive. Yeah. It's so sandy. that Lawrence of Arabia was partly filmed there. Really? It's a stand-in for Arabia, yeah. The tallest one's in France, isn't it? I think I've been to it. Yeah. Is it?
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