IbnBattutaworksasajournalistforanAlgeriandailynewspaper.WhilecoveringcommunityclashesinSouthernAlgeria,hefindshimselfincidentallypickingupthetrailoflongforgottenuprisingsagainsttheAbbasidCaliphate,backin8th-9thcenturyIraq.ForthepurposeofhisinvestigationhegoestoBeirut,acitythatusedtoembodythehopesandstrugglesoftheArabWorld...