World History Encyclopedia<p>Fatima Al-Fihri (c. 800-880) was a Muslim woman, scholar and philanthropist who is credited with founding the world’s oldest, continuously running university during the 9th century: the University of Al-Qarawiyyin, located in Fez in Morocco. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FatimaAl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FatimaAl</span></a>-Fihri <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fez</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morocco</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mosque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mosque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFact</span></a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/2-2662-en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whe.to/ci/2-2662-en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>