#nefud

[raurquiz]

#otd #dune #40thanniversary #PaulAtreides #chani #PrincessIrulan #LadyJessica #PiterDeVries #ThufirHawat #DuncanIdaho #Stilgar #BaronVladimirHarkonnen #Nefud #ReverendMother #LetoAtreides #GurneyHalleck #FeydRautha @Kyle_MacLachlan @SirPatStew @OfficialSting @madlyv

[ryunumber]

Nefud from Dune?

Iakin Nefud has a Limited Ryu Number of 2.

[gotham-at-nightfall]

The plots and treasons of House Harkonnen!

Dune: The Graphic Novel #3

[shiveringsoldier]

Still thinking about Lawrence of Arabia and thinking specifically about Lawrence and Ali being one another’s foils.

We have a rather violent introduction to Ali, but his actions become increasingly nonviolent as the film progresses. Lawrence progresses in the opposite way.

Before we hear his voice or see his face, Ali kills Lawrence's guide, Tafas. He does so quickly and cleanly, firing only one shot, and he shows no remorse afterwards. When Lawrence says Tafas was his friend, Ali simply replies, "That?" Lawrence is appalled by the act and asserts that “none of [his] friends is a murderer.” He also throws in a good heaping of racism, calling the Arabs "a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel."

Later in Part I, Ali objects to Lawrence's desire to rescue Gasim, but his objections are utilitarian more than anything else. The Nefud Desert is a cruel, unforgiving place, seemingly impossible to cross. If Gasim isn't dead now, he will soon be, and it would be suicide to go back for him. Lawrence's successful, albeit defiant, rescue mission earns him Ali's respect. But Lawrence is later forced to kill Gasim to protect a newfound alliance. In contrast to Ali's quick murder of Tafas, Lawrence's execution of Gasim is shoddy. He fires several bullets before finally managing to kill him, and he immediately discards his pistol in disgust. Near the end of Part I, Lawrence confesses that he enjoyed the killing. None of his friends is a murderer, but he is now a murderer who enjoyed committing the murder.

In the latter half of Part II, Lawrence leads an Arab army on a mission to take Damascus. During the journey, they come upon the ruins of a village as well as the Turkish soldiers who presumably ransacked the village. Ali, seeing Lawrence’s desire to kill the soldiers, all but begs him not to do it. Lawrence instead leads and gleefully participates in a massacre, gunning down surrendering soldiers without a second thought. Ali participates as well, but reluctantly and only briefly. Ali cries out in horror even when the carnage has only just begun. After his very brief participation in the slaughter, he looks for Lawrence in the chaos and pleads with him to make it stop. In the aftermath, Ali spits Lawrence’s racist words from Part I back in his face: “Does it surprise you, Mr. Bentley? Surely you know the Arabs are a barbarous people, barbarous and cruel. Who but they? Who but they?” Lawrence has become the cold-blooded murderer, and Ali has become repulsed by the violence.

They are also foils in the way they dress, with Lawrence’s white garb and Ali’s black garb. The state of their clothing reflects their arcs as well. Ali’s clothing rarely becomes dirty. There’s some dust on the lower end of his robe, but that’s generally it. Ali gifts Lawrence with his Bedouin attire following his rescue of Gasim. Lawrence dirties his attire when he fails to save Daud. (He blames himself for Daud’s death to the point of viewing himself as his killer.) His clothing becomes positively filthy during the massacre. The last time we see Lawrence in his Bedouin garb, it is still stained with the dried blood of murdered Turks.

I love their arcs individually and even more in tandem. It adds to the tragedy.

[fleetleweezle]

“The Nefud cannot be crossed.”

“I’ll cross it if you will 👀”

Side note: His ear looks pitiful but I’m learning 😂

[ahandfulwithquietness]

T.E. Lawrence 1917

photographed by B.E. Leeson (member of the Royal Flying Corps at Wejh aerodrome), shortly before setting off on his journey through the Nefud desert to Akaba.

Source

[orlaite]

everything that happens after Lawrence rides out of the Nefud with Gasim until he rides away and meets Auda is just the most Hays Code and BBFC compliant gay wedding

[cacatoto-2024]

Tayma

Tayma (bahasa Arab: تيماء, translit. Tyamah), juga disebut Teman atau Tyeman (Kitab Habakuk 3:3) adalah oasis besar yang pernah terdapat permukiman besar hampir sepanjang sejarahnya, terletak di jalur perdagangan kuno antara Madinah dan Dumah (al-Jauf) melintasi gurun Nefud, kini bagian dari Arab Saudi. Tayma terletak 264 kilometer (164 mil) tenggara kota Tabuk, dan 400 kilometer (250 mil) utara Madinah

[raurquiz]

#otd #dune #PaulAtreides #chani #PrincessIrulan #LadyJessica #PiterDeVries #ThufirHawat #DuncanIdaho #Stilgar #BaronVladimirHarkonnen #Nefud #ReverendMother #LetoAtreides #GurneyHalleck #FeydRautha @Kyle_MacLachlan @SirPatStew @OfficialSting @madlyv

[skitskatdacat63]

hello i also adore lawrence of arabia! it's so beautiful! ive got a poster of it and everything lol

Omggggggg I'm so jealous!!! All the movie posters from that time are so beautiful 🥺🥺 also I'm glad to hear from someone's who's watched it :D I only personally know like 3(now 4!) other people who've seen it

But yeah ever since I saw it again in theaters, I've been obsessively thinking about it's beauty 😭😭 I'm so brainrotted by the first half specifically, I need to inject it in my bloodstream. I just love the section when they cross the Nefud, so cool. I often dislike deserts in games cause they're usually vast and barren. But honestly, the way the cinematography of Lawrence portrayed deserts makes me appreciate them more tbh 🥺 I need to get it out of my head though because I keep constantly sidelining whatever I'm doing so I can stare at screenshots and cry LMFAO

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Baron Harkonnen retightens his grip on Arrakis!

DUNE: The Graphic Novel #2

[ginesincastillos]

BSO Lawrence de Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia Compositor: Maurice JarreFormato: Mp3Calidad: 320 KbpsPeso: 91 MbENLACE A BSOContraseña: VNDKUUKV_QN2kwMjDV4L2VzfnlrFRPrK4TVdWLi5I5Y Piezas que deberías escuchar: 02 – Main Title (Lawrence of Arabia) (Recomendada) 06 – Nefud Mirage 08 – Lost in the Desert (Recomendada) 09 – Bringing Gasim into Camp 11 – The Voice of the Guns 12 – Entr’Acte (Recomendada) 15 – End…

[rodwhite]

Wrangling about law when "nothing is written"

One of my favorite scenes in the masterpiece, Lawrence of Arabia, shows what happens after Lawrence returns from his journey across the Nefud desert. He has just accomplished the impossible by taking the Ottoman port of Aqaba from the desert side.  Having returned across the deadly, scorching expanse, he is told one of his companions, Gasim, fell off his camel and was left behind. He is advised…

[fleetleweezle]

I wrote a short Ali and Lawrence fanfic. This is my first one so I’m a little nervous to post https://archiveofourown.org/works/61758310

[guhhhhhhhhhhh]

Feeling like Lawrence when he collapses into bed after coming out of the nefud

[andronetalks]

Life-size images of extinct camel species found carved into stones in Saudi Arabia

Phys Org By Bob Yirka October 4, 2023 An international team of archaeologists has discovered life-size images of an extinct camel species carved into rock formations in Saudia Arabia. In their project, reported in the journal Archaeological Research in Asia, the group discovered the carvings on a rock outcropping in the Nefud desert. Historians have found it difficult to learn much about the…