Release Date

07 Jan, 2009

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta

The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.

Original Title

Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta

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Actors

Ben Kingsley

Chems-Eddine Zinoune

Hassam Ghancy

Nabil Elouahabi

Nadim Sawalha

Crew

Ahmed Boulane

Bruce Neibaur

Mike Fowlie

Tahir Shah

Dominic Cunningham-Reid

Taran Davies

Emma Bellocq

Philip Murphy

Bruce Neibaur

Kate Dowd

Hicham Sahi

Amina El Halhouli

Michael Brook

Jonathan Barker