I so very badly want to see this book made into a movie.
Today was spent watching Lawrence of Arabia and The Mummy, after doing some homework to the musical stylings of Faruk Salama. These last twelve hours watching people romping around in deserts have given me the direction in life that I have been seeking for the past twelve years, and I have decided that when I grow up I want to be a French scholar based in Ottoman-era Istanbul comissioned to study the history of Arab warfare. Oh, and I would like to be a man when all this happens, so I may don a neat-looking keffiyeh and change my name to Omar Sharif.
I realize a time travelling machine must be procured before all else. But surely this is nothing but a mild setback (I bought a flux capacitator from the black market), because the real problem now lies in my ability to pass for a Frenchman.
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by Antiguit


