num_pages: 160
description: An allegorical journey through historical time, by a Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author. Ibn Fattouma sets out with a caravan to explore the world, his ultimate destination being the legendary Gebel, a land so distant and mysterious that no one has ever reached it and returned to tell the tale.
language: English
title: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
titlecomplete: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Philosophy, Travel, Egyptian Literature, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 5225
publisher: DOUBLEDAY