Journey to Mecca (2009)
"In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta"
Title: Journey to Mecca
Original Title: Journey to Mecca
Release Date: 2009-01-07
Status: Released
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, History
Production Companies: Eagle Vision Media Group, SK Films, Cosmic Picture, Desert Door Productions, Dounia Productions
The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304β1368), 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.
Cast
Ben Kingsley
Narrator
Chems-Eddine Zinoune
Ibn Battutah
Hassam Ghancy
Highwayman
Nabil Elouahabi
Hamza
Nadim Sawalha
Ibn Mustapha
