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Op-Ed Columnist: Pilgrim Non Grata in Mecca - The NewYork Times
MAUREEN DOWD - 10 Mar 2010
After no journey to Mecca, learning about Islam from a seat in Washington... Full Article
The Islamic experience: Through Ibn Battuta's eyes - Kuwait Times
Sahar Moussa - 26 Mar 2009
After the September 11 attacks, the image of the Muslim world became extremely distorted and overnight all Muslims became terrorists related to the Al-Qaeda network, according to many westerners. Not all, however. Led by an inspiring vision and a profound understanding of the need to live in peace and show another vision of real Islamic teachings, Taran Davies, an English-American film producer, is working to restore some balance... Full
Journey to Mecca - Kuwait Times
Badrya Darwish - 25 Mar 2009
When I did hajj last year, accompanied by my son, I thought the trip was so tough and I felt sick for two weeks afterward. I think I caught flu from every country in the world who had sent pilgrims to Mecca.
Last night I watched the movie, Journey to Mecca, at the Scientific Center... Full Article
Seeing IMAX Film a Religious Experience - Toronto Sun
Alan Parker - 20 Feb 2009
I saw a wondrous film last night. Journey To Mecca opened earlier this month at the IMAX theatre in the Ontario Science Centre. It's been about 20 years since I last saw an IMAX film and I had forgotten how staggeringly awesome the giant screen experience is... Full Article
The Long, Dusty Trek Toward Tolerance - The New York Times
Donald G McNeil - 13 Feb 2009
In the parlance of the war in Iraq, firing on the enemy is "lighting up a hajji." Unlike dehumanizing insults adopted by Americans in other wars, "hajji" is actually an honorific. It is added to the name of one who has made the hajj, the once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca... Full Article
CBC Interview with Taran Davies
February 2009
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Doc a 'Journey' of faith - Sun Media
Bruce Kirkland - 6 Feb 2009
In a complex world of religious mistrust, misunderstanding and violence, the new IMAX film Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta is about peace and enlightenment... Full Article
Journey to Mecca: Spritualizing your Imax experience - National Post
Chris Knight - 5 Feb 2009
Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta is not a name that falls trippingly from the tongue (twistingly is more like it), but the 14th-century Muslim scholar and explorer is the only human to have both a crater on the moon and a shopping mall in Dubai named after him. Now he is also the subject of an Imax film playing at the Ontario Science Centre... Full Article
For spiritual seekers and popcorn munchers - Globe and Mail
Stephen Cole - 5 Feb 2009
The tale of a 14th-century Muslim traveller who followed the sun and stars for 30 years, searching for spiritual contentment, Journey to Mecca: in the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta has been endorsed by the Dalai Lama and the former archbishop of Canterbury.... Full Article
Article in The Arab American - News.com
Nick Meyer - Friday 16 January 2009
After its world premiere at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on January 7, the ground-breaking IMAX film JOURNEY TO MECCA made its North American debut at the Henry Ford IMAX in Dearborn this past Wednesday, and creator/producer Taran Davies was in town to promote it... Full Article
Fox TV Interview
14 January 2009
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Detroit CBS Radio Interview
15 January 2009
In Memory of Chems Eddine Zinoun
For immediate release - 12 November 2008
It is with deep sadness that Cosmic Picture and SK Films announce the tragic death of Chems Eddine Zinoun, the marvelous lead actor in the upcoming IMAX® film JOURNEY TO MECCA: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta. Mr. Zinoun died in a car accident yesterday in Casablanca, Morocco... Full Press Release
World Premiere - Abu Dhabi, January 7th-9th 2009
For immediate release
The Abu Dhabi Media Company is hosting the World Premiere of JOURNEY TO MECCA on one of the world's largest screens - measuring a massive hundred feet high - which will be installed in an open air stadium with an audience capacity of 3,500 seats. Following this premiere, the film will have a series of country premieres, launching in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the rest of the world through 2009, 2010 and beyond.
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