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Showing posts with label The University in Fes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The University in Fes. Show all posts

Friday, May 13, 2011

[Maroko] The University in Fes, Oldest University in The World (founded : 859 AD)


The University in Fes
The University of Al-Karaouine or Al-Qarawiyyin (other transliterations of the name include Qarawiyin, Kairouyine, Kairaouine, Qairawiyin, Qaraouyine, Quaraouiyine, Quarawin, and Qaraouiyn) is a university located in Fes, Morocco which was founded in 859. The madrasa has been (and still is) one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world. The Al-Karaouine madrasa played a leading role in the cultural and academic relations between the Islamic world and Europe in the middle