English Screening at the Museum of Islamic Art auditorium
Thursday, 17 October at 4pm
Friday, 18 October at 7pm

‘Journey to Mecca’ (2009) tells the story of Ibn Battuta (Chems Eddine Zinoun), a young scholar who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 4,800 kilometres to the East. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman (Hassam Ghancy), who becomes his paid protector and eventually his 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. Upon his arrival in Mecca, he is a man transformed. The story of the Hajj continues into today with awe-inspiring visions of the modern day pilgrimage, the first footage of its kind filmed within Mecca.

Presented by Doha Film Institute as part of ‘Hajj – The Journey Through Art’, an exhibition curated by the Museum of Islamic Art in collaboration with the British Museum.

Tickets (just 15QR) can be purchased any time via the Doha Film Institute website and mobile app, or at the DFI ticket outlet within the Museum of Islamic Art prior to each screening.

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Arabic Screening at the Museum of Islamic Art auditorium
ARABIC VERSION (no subtitles)
Thursday, 17 October at 7pm
Friday, 18 October at 4pm

‘Journey to Mecca’ (2009) tells the story of Ibn Battuta (Chems Eddine Zinoun), a young scholar who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 4,800 kilometres to the East. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman (Hassam Ghancy), who becomes his paid protector and eventually his 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. Upon his arrival in Mecca, he is a man transformed. Presented by Doha Film Institute as part of ‘Hajj – The Journey Through Art’, an exhibition curated by the Museum of Islamic Art in collaboration with the British Museum.

Tickets (only 15QR) can be purchased any time via the Doha Film Institute website and mobile app, or at the museum auditorium before each screening.

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