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  • Lawrence of Arabia pictures given trigger warning by National Portrait Gallery because he is wearing traditional Arab outfit

    01/14/2026 8:16:21 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 29 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 01 14 2025 | NOOR QURASHI
    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...