Taran Davies, Jake Eberts, and “Journey to Mecca” co-producer Dounia Benjelloun
Kuwait Amb. Salem Al-Sabah, Rima AlSabah, and Prince Turki al-Faisal
“Journey to Mecca” co-star Hassam Ghancy and director Bruce Neibaur Heather and Tony Podesta
Journey to Mecca Screening Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Photos by Tony Powell
IMAX MECCA: Unfortunately, much of the news we receive
Nora Maccoby and Mariella Trager Libyan Amb. Ali Aujali and Qatar Amb. Ali Al-Hajri
about the Middle East these days is short on positive imagery – which is why it was so refreshing to be at a preview screening of the Cosmic Picture and SK Films IMAX feature “Journey to Mecca,” which enjoyably recreates the footsteps of 14th-century Moroccan intrepid explorer Ibn Battuta’s journey from Tangiers to Mecca for the Hajj. EMBASSY FRONT ROW: Guests included ambassadors from Djibouti, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Mali, Brunei, Pakistan, the Arab League, Tunisia, Morocco, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Syria, and Malaysia. Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., was among the out-of-town VIPs in attendance. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
Michael and Meryl Chertoff with Alma and Colin Powell
Michael Trager, Kay Kendall, and Jack Davies
Syrian Amb. Imad Moustapha and Rafif Moustapha Esther Coopersmith and Bahrain Amb. Houda Nonoo