A road to Mecca : the journey of Muhammad Asad /
"In the early 1920s Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew, alienated by the materialism and spiritual emptiness of the West, travelled to the Middle East, visiting Jerusalem, Egypt, the Transjordan and Saudi Arabia. After studying the Koran, he left his Jewish roots behind, converted to Islam and chang...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | German English Multiple languages |
| Language Notes: | In English and multiple languages with English subtitles. |
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Brooklyn, NY :
Icarus Films,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
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| Summary: | "In the early 1920s Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew, alienated by the materialism and spiritual emptiness of the West, travelled to the Middle East, visiting Jerusalem, Egypt, the Transjordan and Saudi Arabia. After studying the Koran, he left his Jewish roots behind, converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Asad. A road to Mecca traces his spiritual journey, from the Arabian desert to Ground Zero, visiting the places where Asad lived and travelled. Archival footage and photos and excerpts from Asad's writings are blended with contemporary interviews with writers, historians, scholars, and his friends and associates, revealing Asad's legacy as a modern theological thinker."--Icarus Films. |
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| Item Description: | Title from feature. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Joerg Burger ; editor, Marek Kralovsky ; music, Jim Howard. |