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Journey To Mecca - In The Footsteps of Ibn Battuta Trailer (English)

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Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battuta, (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun) a young scholar, who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, traveling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east.

Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as he makes his way across the North African desert to Mecca. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman (played by Hassam Ghancy) who becomes his paid protector and eventual friend. During his travels he is attacked by bandits, dehydrated by thirst, rescued by Bedouins, and forced to retrace his route by a war-locked Red Sea.

Ibn Battuta finally joins the legendary Damascus Caravan with thousands of pilgrims bound for Mecca for the final leg of what would become his 5,000 mile, 18 month long journey to Mecca.

When he arrives in Mecca, he is a man transformed. We then experience the Hajj as he did over 700 years ago, and, in recognition of its timelessness, we dissolve to the Hajj as it is still performed today, by millions of pilgrims, in some of the most extraordinary and moving IMAX® footage ever presented.

Ibn Battuta would not return home for almost 30 years, reaching over 40 countries and revisiting Mecca five more times to perform the Hajj. He would travel three times farther then Marco Polo. His legacy is one of the greatest travel journals ever recorded. A crater on the moon is named in his honour.

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  • Looks awesome, mashAllah.

  • Wow fantastic, simply can't wait to watch this!!!

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  • any got a torrent link?. much appreciated

    

  • Is there anywhere in Pakistan its Releasing ?? I wanna see this :(( or any DVD release ??

  • @haseebw321 that prayer is called hajj. Every Muslim have to do one time in there life.

  • i watched this at ontario place imax theater

  • Regardless of your religious affiliation, the scenery in this film is simply spectacular.

  • THIS MOVIE IS SICK MASHALLAH I WATCHED IT LAST THURSDAY IN IMAX BRADFORD SUBHANALLAH AL HIRA

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