Complex sentence: Ibn Said was born at Alcalá la Real near Granada, grew up in Marrakesh, studied in Sevilla and stayed in Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Jerusalem and Aleppo.
Split into simpler sentences: Ibn Said was born at Alcalá la Real near Granada, and grew up in Marrakesh. He subsequently studied in Seville and stayed in Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Jerusalem and Aleppo.