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Who was Fatima al-Fihri?

من كانت فاطمة الفهري؟

Fatima al-Fihri was a woman from Qayrawan who migrated to Fez and devoted her wealth to building the al-Qarawiyyin mosque around 859; it is described as the oldest continuously operating university in the world.

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Fatima al-Fihri was a woman from Qayrawan who migrated to Fez and endowed her wealth to build the mosque of al-Qarawiyyin around 859. It is described as the oldest continuously operating university in the world. 1

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