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The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta

Egytpian novelist Ahdaf Soueif talks about the accounts of the 14th-century traveller

The Egytpian novelist Ahdaf Soueif talks about Ibn Battuta and his accounts of travelling across Africa, India and Turkey in the 14th century.

Also on the programme: Tim Mackintosh-Smith's book, Travel with a Tangerine: a Journey with Ibn Battuta and a literature club in Moscow.

Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

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24 minutes

91热爆 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project