(Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Canada,

United States of America

Genres:

Drama,

History

Runtime:

45 minutes

Year:

2009

Directors:

Bruce Neibaur

Production companies:

Eagle Vision Media Group,

SK Films,

Cosmic Picture,

Desert Door Productions,

Dounia Productions

Actors:

Narrator

Ibn Battutah

Highwayman

Hamza

Ibn Mustapha

Crews:

Original Music Composer

Casting

Casting

Production Design

Art Direction