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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 ...
Fatima is attributed as the founder of the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, in 857 or 859. [13] [11] [14] The mosque went on to become the most important congregational mosque in Fez and one of the foremost intellectual centers in Islamic North Africa. [14] Some scholars and UNESCO have claimed it to be the oldest continuously existing university ...
Several universities throughout the world have been operating for thousands of years. One commonly recognized as the world's oldest is the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco.
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Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation: . University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco, the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records.
After finishing her studies, al-Kabbaj and her family realized that there were limited opportunities for higher studies for women. After several discussions and debates about the introduction of women to the University of al-Qarawiyyin, al-Kabbaj was admitted to the university along with nine other female students. She stayed there for 10 years ...
University of al-Qarawiyyin. Primary and secondary education in Fez is administered by Morocco's Ministry of National Education. It includes a preschool level, six years of primary school, followed by three years of middle school and three years of secondary school. Primary education, beginning at age six, is both free and obligatory.