Journey to Mecca
First aired on Jan 7, 2009
70%
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Ben Kingsley | Narrator
Chems-Eddine Zinoune | Ibn Battutah
Hassam Ghancy | Highwayman
Nabil Elouahabi | Hamza
Nadim Sawalha | Ibn Mustapha
Featured Crew
Ahmed Boulane | Casting
Bruce Neibaur | Writer
Mike Fowlie | Production Design
Tahir Shah | Writer
Dominic Cunningham-Reid | Producer
Taran Davies | Producer
