Journey to Mecca

2009

45m

6.4

6.4/10

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Drama History

"In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta"

Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $13

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Eagle Vision Media Group SK Films Cosmic Picture Desert Door Productions Dounia Productions

Production Countries

Canada United States of America

Spoken Languages

English Arabic

Quick Facts

Original Title	Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Release Date	January 7, 2009
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt1235836
Website	Visit Site

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Narrator

Chems-Eddine Zinoune

Ibn Battutah

Hassam Ghancy

Highwayman

Nabil Elouahabi

Hamza

Nadim Sawalha

Ibn Mustapha

Key Crew

Bruce Neibaur

Writer

Tahir Shah

Writer

Dominic Cunningham-Reid

Producer

Taran Davies

Producer

Bruce Neibaur

Director

Jonathan Barker

Producer

Carl Knutson

Writer

Jake Eberts

Executive Producer

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