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    University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين, romanized: Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located...
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  • 880 CE. The al-Qarawiyyin Mosque subsequently developed into a teaching institution, which became the modern University of al-Qarawiyyin in 1963. Her...
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    university from which the modern university evolved. These include the University of al-Qarawiyyin, University of Ez-Zitouna and Al-Azhar University,...
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  • first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. It is named after Mohammed V of Morocco. The university was founded in...
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  • the court of Ahmad al-Mansur. On al-Mansur's death in 1603, al-Maqqari established himself in Fes, where he was the imam of the Qarawiyyin Mosque. In...
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    The Al-Azhar University (/ˈɑːzhɑːr/ AHZ-har; Egyptian Arabic: جامعة الأزهر (الشريف), IPA: [ˈɡæmʕet elˈʔɑzhɑɾ eʃʃæˈɾiːf], lit. 'University of (the honorable)...
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    University Annals of Economics (Ovidius University Press) XIV:52–57 For classical style of Arab historians see Ibrahim ibn ar-Raqīq (~d.1028) and al-Mālikī...
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  • England, United Kingdom (597) University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (1088; charter granted 1158) University of al-Qarawiyyin, Fes, Morocco, founded as Islamic...
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    subsequently enrolled as a student at the University of al-Qarawiyyin, the world's oldest institution of higher education. Both Muhammad and his brother M'Hammad...
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  • Fatima al-Kabbaj (Arabic: فاطمة القباج) was one of the first female students to attend the University of al-Qarawiyyin. She later became the sole female...
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    to Fez soon after his birth. In Fez he studied at the University of al-Qarawiyyin (also spelled al-Karaouine). As a young man he accompanied an uncle on...
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  • The University of Botswana (UB) was established in 1982, as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university currently has three...
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  • elephant. Fatima al-Fihri founded al-Qarawiyiin University in Fes in 859. Particularly from the beginning of the 12th century, this university played an important...
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    Tunisia and University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco are recognized. They are also mentioned, along with the Azhar, in the final document of the Sunni Conference...
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    Fez, Morocco (redirect from Wilaya of Fès)
    areas). It contains the University of al-Qarawiyyin which was founded in 857 and is the oldest continuously functioning institute of higher education in the...
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    transformation of the madrasa of al-Qarawiyyin into a university to its modern reorganization in 1963. In the wake of these reforms, al-Qarawiyyin was officially...
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    studied at the University of al-Qarawiyyin. His father was a judge (Qadi) as well as his uncle Abdallah Al-Fassi (1871-1930) who was in charge of his education...
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    Ahmad ibn Idris was born in 1760 near the city of Fez, Morocco. He studied at the University of al-Qarawiyyin. In 1799 he arrived in Mecca, where he would...
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  • The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg...
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    needed] According to UNESCO and Guinness World Records, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco is the oldest existing continually operating...
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  • charter include:University of Madinah Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation: University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco, the...
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    and other religious works such as Qadi Ayyad's Al-Shifa were influential. The University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes was an important literary centre attracting...
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  • The University of Fort Hare (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Fort Hare) is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution...
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  • Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of al-Karaouine. Responding to a call by Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna for Muslim intellectuals of Morocco...
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    Abdelhadi Tazi (category Academic staff of the University of al-Qarawiyyin)
    studies from the University of Al Karaouine with "Honores". 1948: Teacher in the same university. 1953: Graduated from Moroccan Institute of High Studies...
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    University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka, Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was...
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    schooling sprang up in the ancient Muslim societies. Moreover, the University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco is the oldest existing, continually operating...
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    and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba in al-Andalus (now in Spain) within the Almoravid Empire...
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    Vanderbijlpark in South Africa. The university came into existence through the merger in 2004 of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education...
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    Fes el Bali (redirect from Fès-al-Bali)
    The University of Al-Karaouine (or al-Qarawiyyin) is recorded by traditional sources as having been founded by one of these refugees, Fatima al-Fihri...
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