Journey to Mecca (2009)

Journey to Mecca

2009

Drama History

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Bruce Neibaur

Cast

Ben Kingsley as Narrator

Chems-Eddine Zinoune as Ibn Battutah

Hassam Ghancy as Highwayman

Nabil Elouahabi as Hamza

Nadim Sawalha as Ibn Mustapha

Crew

Philip Murphy (Art Direction)

Ahmed Boulane (Casting)