Posted on 01/14/2026 8:16:21 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Lawrence of Arabia's portraits have been given a trigger warning for the cultural appropriation of a traditional Arab outfit.
The National Portrait Gallery cautioned the 'sensitive' images of the British Army officer dressed in his thobe and keffiyeh over fears they differ from 'today's attitudes'.
Born in Wales in 1888, Thomas Edward Lawrence went on to fight alongside the Arabs against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and was presented with the robes as a gift by the Arab ruler Emir Faisal.
Pictures of Lord Byron and other Europeans in the dress of predominantly Muslim cultures have also been marked as sensitive.
Under a series of online images, including the portraits of Lawrence, the National Portrait Gallery said: 'This is a historical work of art which reflects the attitudes and viewpoints of the time in which it was made.
'Whilst these may differ from today's attitudes, this image is an important historical document.'
The warning accompanied two portraits of Lawrence in Arab clothing - one a 1917 photograph and the other a 1918 sketch by the renowned artist Augustus John.
Images of the officer without the Arab outfit do not carry the warning.
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You don’t hate the globalist neo-marxist regime in the UK enough
Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
He’s an English guy
He came to fight the Turkish....Meep Meep! Meep Meep!
“For ‘awrence, Effendi!”
We better not see any Arabs in a suit and tie.
EC
Ha ha.
The Brits are so gone.
This one of those times where need a /Not the Bee tag for the post. ;-)
This from the same crew that race swaps soldiers for their Battle of Hastings show.
Yo DumbF’s - He’s wearing the desert survival gear of his era.
I thought the Left wanted everyone in keffiyahs.
Everyone needs to be reminded that Sir Lawrence was ass raped by Muslim Turks repeatedly.
isn’t everyone not white in the world culturally appropriating from Europeans when they wear a suit?
And it’s their own fault.
They ARE, that’s right.
For F’s sake how did they let these crazy bastards get control of their institutions?
So, where are the AI created images of each of the arseholes who passed this ruling? The ones where each (like Arbanesi — that Aussie turd in the bikini) is in the most primitive native dress for them.
C’mon, surely there are some artistic guys out there with too much time on their hands. Fix ‘em up and post on Reddit and Blusky.
No arab is triggered by this. In fact, they’d probably prefer seeing visitors in thawbs. Only progressive retards fake offense.
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