1922 Gertrude Bell
wrote that while King Faisal was beloved he was also weak because he was
Oriental Was in relation to Faisal’s demand for Iraqi independence
which Bell believed was due to Faisal’s nationalist advisers that she saw as
troublemakers
(Musings On Iraq
review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq
review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq
movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq
review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell:
Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)
(Musings On Iraq
review Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History
Denied)