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The University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين, romanized: Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic ...
Jun 7, 2020 · Founded in 859 A.D. by Tunisian-born Fatima al-Fihri in Morocco’s Fez, the university is not only the oldest higher education institution on Earth but also the first to be founded by a woman, and a Muslim one at that.
Jan 5, 2017 · The University of al-Qarawiyyin or Al Quaraouiyine (Arabic: جامعة القرويين ) is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records and is sometimes referred to as the oldest ...
Mar 19, 2018 · Established at the very beginnings of Morocco’s oldest imperial city, the University of Al-Karaouine (also written as Al-Quaraouiyine and Al-Qarawiyyin) was founded in 859 and is considered...
Apr 3, 2017 · The oldest university in the world, according to Guiness World Records, al-Qarawiyyin opened in 859 AD under the patronage of Fatima al-Fihri, a wealthy Arab woman who also commissioned a...
Sep 1, 2020 · The University of al-Qarawiyyin, located in Morocco, and more precisely in the Medina (the historical city section) of Fez, was founded 1161 years ago by Fatima al-Fihri. Originally, the university served as a mosque with a Adji "madrasa" - an educational institution.
Nov 25, 2020 · The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written as al-Karaouine or al-Quaraouivine, is marked as the oldest university in the world by Guinness World Records, as well as UNESCO.
Oct 2, 2016 · Dating back to 859, the Al Qarawiyyin University is no doubt older than Egypt's Azhar University (970) and its European counterparts: the University of Oxford, which is regarded as the...
The University of Al Quaraouiyine was founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, a Tunisian woman, in the city of Fez, Morocco. Initially established as a mosque, the institution evolved, becoming a renowned hub for higher education and intellectual pursuits during the Islamic Golden Age.
Not Oxford or Bologna, but al-Qarawiyyin is the world's first university. Still functioning today in the Moroccan city of Fes, it was a place bursting with knowledge and multiculturalism even as early as the 9th century.
