Journey to Mecca
2009, English. Directed by Bruce Neibaur.
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.
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- 0h 45m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 7 January 2009
- Original title
- Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Written by
- Bruce Neibaur, Tahir Shah, Carl Knutson
- Budget
- $13
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Journey to Mecca (2009) was directed by Bruce Neibaur and stars Ben Kingsley, Chems-Eddine Zinoune, Hassam Ghancy.