Journey to Mecca (2009)

The story of Ibn Battuta, 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. Along the way he is besieged by countless obstacles as he walks across the North African desert to Mecca. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman 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.