Fatima Al-Faheria

Safy Eman

‏٥‏ ساعات

Name: Fatima Al-Faheria
Religion: Muslim
Achievements:
Establishing the first university
in history with her wealth
The University of Al Quaraouiyine
in Fez, Morocco in 859.
In Which many scientists
have graduated.

The University was open to both men and women.

SAFY EMAN

الاسم: فاطمة الفهرية
الديانه: مسلمة
الإنجازات:
تأسيس أول جامعة في التاريخ بثروتها
وهي جامعة القروين
التي تخرج منها العديد من العلماء
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The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al Quaraouiyine or Al-Karaouine (Arabic: جامعة القرويين‎; Berber

Université Al Quaraouiyine), is a university located in Fez, Morocco.

It is the oldest existing, continually operating higher educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records

and is occasionally referred to as the oldest university by scholars.

It was founded by Fatima al-Fihri in 859 with an associated madrasa, which subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim world.

It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963.
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Al Quaraouiyine was founded with an associated madrasa,[4][9][10][11] in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, the daughter of a wealthy merchant named Mohammed Al-Fihri.

The Al-Fihri family had migrated from Kairouan (hence the name of the mosque), Tunisia to Fes in the early 9th century, joining a community of other migrants from Kairouan who had settled in a western district of the city.

Fatima and her sister Mariam, both of whom were well educated, inherited a large amount of money from their father.

Fatima vowed to spend her entire inheritance on the construction of a mosque suitable for her community.

At that time, the city of Fes was the capital of the Idrisid Dynasty.

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Education at Al Quaraouiyine University concentrates on the Islamic religious and legal sciences with a heavy emphasis on, and particular strengths in,

Classical Arabic grammar/linguistics and Maliki law, although a few lessons on other non-Islamic subjects such as French, English are also offered to students.

Teaching is delivered in the traditional method, in which students are seated in a semi-circle (halqa) around a sheikh, who prompts them to read sections of a particular text, asks them questions on particular points of grammar, law, or interpretation, and explains difficult points.

Students from all over Morocco and Islamic West Africa attend the Qarawiyyin, although a few might come from as far afield as Muslim Central Asia. Even Spanish Muslim converts frequently attend the institution,

largely attracted by the fact that the sheikhs of the Qarawiyyin, and Islamic scholarship in Morocco in general, are heirs to the rich religious and scholarly heritage of Muslim al-Andalus.

Most students at the Qarawiyyin range from between the ages of 13 and 30, and study towards high school-level diplomas and university-level bachelor's degrees,

although Muslims with a sufficiently high level of Arabic are also able to attend lecture circles on an informal basis, given the traditional category of visitors "in search of [religious and legal] knowledge" ("zuwwaar li'l-talab fii 'ilm").

In addition to being Muslim, prospective students of the Qarawiyyin are required to have memorized the Qur'an in full as well as several other shorter medieval Islamic texts on grammar and Maliki law, and in general to have a very good command of Classical Arabic.

It is a common misconception that the university is open only to men;

The University was open to both men and women.

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