Journey to Mecca 2009

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.

Directed by: Bruce Neibaur
Written by: Carl Knutson & Bruce Neibaur & Tahir Shah
Release date: 2009-01-07
Runtime: 45 minutes
Tagline: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Cast:
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Narrator 
Chems-Eddine Zinoune
Chems-Eddine Zinoune
Ibn Battutah 
Hassam Ghancy
Hassam Ghancy
Highwayman 
Nabil Elouahabi
Nabil Elouahabi
Hamza 
Nadim Sawalha
Nadim Sawalha
Ibn Mustapha