Journey to Mecca (2009)
45m
Running Time
January 7, 2009Release Date
Journey to Mecca (2009)
45m
Running Time
January 7, 2009Release Date
Advertisement
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Ben Kingsley
Narrator
Chems-Eddine Zinoune
Ibn Battutah
Hassam Ghancy
Highwayman
Nadim Sawalha
Ibn Mustapha
Nabil Elouahabi
Hamza
Bruce Neibaur
Director
Michael Brook
Original Music Composer
Carl Knutson
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 7, 2009
StatusReleased
Running Time45m
Budget$13
Filming LocationsMorocco
Genres
Advertisement
Wiki.
Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta is an IMAX ("giant screen") dramatised documentary film charting the first real-life journey made by the Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta from his native Morocco to Mecca for the Hajj (Muslim pilgrimage), in 1325.