Did you know? // University of Al Quaraouiyine is the world’s oldest university

The University of Al Quaraouiyine in Fez, Morocco is the oldest university not only in Africa, but in the whole world.

First founded as a mosque by Fatima Al-Fihri, the university was established in 859 AD and subsequently became a place of learning and one of the world’s foremost Islamic spiritual and educational centers.

Some of these university alumni include; geographer Muhammad Al-Idrisi and the Jewish philosophical writer Maimonides.

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