Prophet Mohammed's trek from Makkah to Medina featured in exhibition - in pictures

An exhibition has opened that features filmed re-enactments and contemporary art along with academic sources to illustrate the 1,400-year-old story of the Hijrah, when Prophet Mohammed, threatened with assassination, undertook an eight-day, 400-kilometre migration from Makkah to Madinah. All photos: AFP
Three years in the making, the exhibition features work by academics and artists from 20 countries.
Museum-goers will see a life-size replica of the Prophet's cherished camel Qaswa, contemporary photographs from the Hijrah route and textiles from the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah.
It will be housed for nine months at the Ithra Museum in the eastern city of Dhahran before touring domestically and then abroad.
Short films by American director Ovidio Salazar depict how elders from the Quraysh tribe plotted to kill the Prophet Mohammed, prompting him to flee, and an encounter with the bounty hunter Suraqah, who was offered 100 camels to return the Prophet dead or alive.
Imam of Almasjed Alnabawi Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Alhouthaifi addresses the public before the screening of a film.