Queen of the Desert (2015)

1890s 1900s 1910s 5 year old accent acheological research adventurer adventuress alawite apology applause arab arab ear arabia arabian desert arabic archaeology arm wound arrest aunt nephew relationship aunt niece relationship b word bath bathtub bazaar bedouin begins with text belt beni sakhr billiards binoculars bird black and white photograph blonde boiling an egg book of verse breaking a wine glass breaking an ankle british ambassador british arab bureau british consul british embassy british empire british major british military british soldier britsdh soldier broken coin cairo egypt camel camel race camera campfire candle capture caravan card trick cartography casting a spell cavalry champagne chirping bird christian cigar smoking cigarette smoking city cleavage cliff climbing a ladder climbing a tree coin colonialism confession cook country estate countryside crying crying woman dagger damascus syria dance dancing death death in combat death of lover december deer desert destiny diary divorce donkey drink drinking drinking from a bottle druze druze mountains syria eadi mujib gorge jordan eating egg emir ends with biographical notes ends with historical notes england englishwoman englishwoman abroad evacuation f rated fake quarantine falcon farsi father daughter relationship father refuses consen for daughter to marry fear fear of horses female archaeologist female photographer female politician female scholar female scientist female traveler female writer finding out that lover has died flash forward flashback flask flask of wine flesh wound flowers flute music food forged permit forgery freedom garrison gertrude bell character giving a toast gnostic go between great pyramids of giza guardian gun gun as a gift hand kissing hand mirror hangover happiness hayil saudi arabia headache horse horse and carriage horse riding horse theft horse training hospitality human bones husband wife relationship hyell arabia implied sex incense inscription islam jabal sl druze syria jordan king kiss kiss on the cheek kurd labyrinth lantern lar river iran large format camera lawrence of arabia lawrence of arabia character laws of probability letter lieutenant lion cub loaf of bread loneliness looking out a window love triangle man wears sunglasses map marriage proposal middle east middle east politics middle east studies military reenlistment military salute money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship mountain climber murder musician nafud desert name calling neolithic spearhead neoplatonic nickname nipples visible through clothing oasis orchestra ottoman empire painting a horse painting someone's hand paprika persia petra jordan phd in archaeology photo shoot photograph pistol poet poetry politician pre world war one pretending to be a deaf mute pretending to be deaf mute prince faisal chaacter prince faisal character prisoner proposing marriage on bended knee pyramid queen railway reading a letter reference ro basra iraq reference to a babylonian ckay tablet reference to a babylonian rekief reference to a barn reference to a black angus cow reference to a circus performer reference to a deutschmark reference to a dromedary reference to a grave robber reference to a harem reference to a herefordshire cow reference to a lion reference to a mosque reference to a mosquito reference to a newspaper editor reference to a nightingale reference to a parachute reference to a rhinoceros reference to a safari reference to a scorpion reference to a souk reference to a turkish piaster reference to aeneid reference to africa reference to alexander the great reference to america reference to amman turkey reference to an australian reference to an earthquake reference to ancient rome reference to baghdad iraq reference to baudelaire reference to beirut lebanon reference to cattle reference to counterfeiting reference to couscous reference to elopement reference to flatulence reference to fornication reference to gallipoli reference to god reference to hay reference to homs syria reference to india reference to istanbul turkey reference to japan reference to kenya reference to kuwait reference to lebanon reference to leonardo da vinci reference to london england reference to mesopotamia reference to muhammad reference to nero reference to newcastle upon tyne england reference to omar khayyam reference to oxford university reference to paradise reference to paris france reference to plato reference to queen victoria reference to rimbaud reference to russia reference to scotland reference to sudan reference to syria reference to the dardanelles reference to the dead sea reference to the french reference to the germans reference to the itaiam ambassador reference to the italians reference to the pyramids reference to the roman empire reference to the royal welsh fusiliers reference to the victoria cross reference to virgil restlessness riding a horse backwards rifle rivalry rumor running sacredness saddle salt sandstorm scarab wine scene during opening credits scholar scotch whiskey secretary sense of smell servant shadow shammer tribe sheep sheikh shepherd shiite shooting a rifle into the air shushing singer singing sister sister relationship slave sleeping sleeping under the stars sleeplessness snow song sphinx spoken inner thoughts spy stairway stallion street life street market strong female character strong female lead subjective camera subtitled scene suicide suicide disguised as an accident suicide of lover sunglasses sunni swan taking a photograph tea teenage boy tehran iran telegram tent thanking the wrong person threat to commit suicide time lapse photography title spoken by character tomboy touching hands tower tower of silence travel tribal relations tribe trick billiards shot trust turkey the country turkish turkish army turkish government uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship unhappy marriage uninvited kiss urination voice over diary voice over letter vulture washing hair water well what happened to epilogue widow wine winston churchill character woman in a bathtub world war one writing a letter year 1892 year 1913 year 1914 year 1915 year 1926 zoroastrian