The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta

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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.