Travel
Family: Arts, economy and the world · 8 entries
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Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
1304 CE · 703 AHA Moroccan traveller from Tangier who visited many lands of the Islamic world and wrote his famous travelogue.Zheng He
1371 CE · 772 AH†Zheng He.Abu Salim al-Ayyashi
c. 1628 CE · c. 1037 AH†Abu Salim 'Abd Allah al-'Ayyashi, Sufi scholar of the Ayt 'Ayyash in the Moroccan Atlas and author of the Rihla Ma' al-Mawa'id; he died in the plague on 10 Dhu l-Qa'da 1090 AH (1679).Muhammad ibn Umar al-Tunisi
1790 CE · 1204 AHA Tunisian traveller and scholar whose family was spread between Egypt and the Maghrib.
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Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim
2016 CE · 1437 AH†Egyptian indie film about a young man convinced his goat carries his dead lover's soul, journeying with his inventor friend; a resonant road comedy.Khawatir
Ahmad al-Shugairi's MBC Ramadan programme across eleven seasons, blending faith with social service and travel — the Arab world's most successful youth religious programme.Mimosas
2016 CE · 1437 AH†Mimosas.Cairo Time
2009 CE · 1430 AH†A quiet romantic film about a Canadian journalist in Cairo escorted by an Egyptian guide; a warm portrait of the city.
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