Letters from Baghdad

The End of the Cairo Conference at the Pyramids

The end of the Cairo Conference of 1921 is held at the Egyptian Pyramids. In a telegram, Churchill explains the unanimous decision of the conference to install the Hashemite Prince Faisal as the first king of Iraq. Bell wonders about the consequences.

The End of the Cairo Conference at the Pyramids

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    Letters from Baghdad

    S1 E1 - 1h 25m

    "Letters from Baghdad" is the story of a true original, Gertrude Bell, sometimes called the female “Lawrence of Arabia.” More influential and famous in her day than her colleague Lawrence, Bell was an explorer, spy, archaeologist and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after World War I and established the Iraq Museum, infamously ransacked in 2003.

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