Description
Tim Mackintosh-Smith takes us on a unique 75,000 mile journey, through 40 countries, in the 700 year old footsteps of medieval explorer Ibn Battutah. Battutah initially set-off from Tangiers, in modern-day Morocco to take the Hajj to Mecca. Little did he realise this would kick start a 30-year journey across the world, taking in shipwrecks, black death, slavery, coups and pirates. Tim explores the lives of 21st century Muslims around the world, and how their world intersects with the medieval legacy from Battutah’s time. And in case you were wondering the Tangerine is Battutah himself - residents of Tangiers are known as Tangerines.