In 1916, Arab leaders rose up against the Ottoman Empire with the hope of creating an independent Arab state at the end of World War I. Lawrence of Arabia arrives in Cairo to advise Faisal I and unleash guerrilla warfare, including attacking the Hejaz railway…

William Dalrymple and Anita Anand are joined by Scott Anderson, author of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, to discuss Lawrence’s role in The Arab Revolt.

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