The Arab Revolt: The Lost Chronicle from Lawrence of Arabia’s Intelligence War

The first English translation of this revolutionary 1916 text, an unlikely collaboration between Arab intellectuals and British wartime intelligence. In December 1916, a modest Arabic-language book rolled off the presses in Cairo-one that could challenge everything we thought we knew about British intelligence and Arab nationalism.Thawrat al-Arab, the longest piece of British propaganda from the First World War, has been hiding in plain sight for over a century. This first English translation reveals an extraordinary collaboration-between Arab intellectuals and British Military Intelligence-which revolutionised wartime information operations.Commissioned by the legendary Arab Bureau and written by Lebanese journalist As‘ad Daghir, this early work of Arab nationalism masterfully weaves together history, political analysis and emotional appeals for independence from Ottoman rule.Although its publication advanced British strategic interests, Thawrat al-Arab was far more than simple propag