Fatima Al-Fihri and Al-Quaraouiyine are one of the numerous testimonies to how Islam contributed to mankind what many today may no longer be aware of. Asrar Chowdhury teaches economic theory and ...

In the Moroccan city of Fez, Fatima al-Fihri founded a mosque which developed into the famous al-Qarawiyyin university. Today it is recognized as the oldest existing university in the world.

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Fatima al-Fihri was a Muslim woman from Tunisia who founded the first known university more than 1,000 years ago: the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco.

In the heart of 9th century Morocco, a woman quietly rewrote the future of global education. She was Fatima al-Fihri and she founded the University of Al Quaraouiyine in 859 AD. This institution is ...

This 14th century library that grew from a 9th century mosque and university, founded by an heiress, Fatima al-Fihri, was once “the soul of the city,” says Fez-born architect Aziza Chaouni.

This lyrical account of the life of Fatima al-Fihri (c. 800–880 CE) surveys the eventual fulfillment of one woman’s childhood dream to bolster her community by building a school. (It would ...

In the Moroccan city of Fez, Fatima al-Fihri founded a mosque which developed into the famous al-Qarawiyyin university. Today it is recognized as the oldest existing university in the world.