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From: https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-js...etin%20253.pdf

The airstrip and rest house in the desert oasis of Rutbah Wells in the Syrian
Desert was specially built for Imperial Airways by the Iraqi Government and defended against hostile tribes by armed infantry. One passenger wrote of the ‘unforgettable experience of arriving at the most desolate and extraordinary hostelry in the world', while another remarked on ‘the absurdity of coming down [in the morning] to an English ham and egg breakfast in the middle of the desert' (cited in Frater 1986 p85).

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