The University Fatima al-Fihri founded

Fatima al-Fihri (? ? 880) (nicknamed Oum al Banine, meaning the mother of the kids) was the daughter of Mohammed al-Fihri, with whom she migrated to Fes, Morocco from Qairawan, located in present-day Tunisia. In 859, Fatima founded the oldest academic degree-granting university existing today, the University of Qarawiyyin, with money inherited from her father, a wealthy businessman. She is said to have fasted in order to become closer to Allah during the building of the university.

See also

• Madrasah

References

• FSTC Limited, Wednesday 20 October 2004.
• Muslims Weekly, Commentary, Jawed Anwar, 4 April 2005.

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