The al-Qarawiyyin Library has long been a source of fascination for residents in Fez, Morocco, as few of them have ever passed through its doors. Opened in 859, it is thought to be the world’s ...

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 mosque ...

A courtyard in front of a mosque adjacent to the al-Qarawiyyin Library, pre-restoration. Khonsali via Wikimedia Commons. When the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University was first built in ...

The University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, was originally founded as a mosque in 859 AD. According to Guinness World Records, it is the oldest higher learning institution in the world.

Abu Dhabi, Nov 23rd, 2011 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Abu Dhabi has participated in a workshop at Al-Qarawiyyin University, Fez in Morocco. The visit came as ...

A courtyard in front of a mosque adjacent to the al-Qarawiyyin Library, pre-restoration. Khonsali via Wikimedia Commons. When the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University was first built in ...