AN EXTRAORDINARY MEDIEVAL MUSLIM WOMAN: FATIMA AL-FIHRI

FATIMA AL-FIHRI: THE FOUNDER OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST UNIVERSITY

"Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية‎) was an Arab Muslim woman who is credited with founding the oldest existing, continually operating and first degree-awarding educational institution in the world, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco in 859 CE. She is also known as Umm al-Banayn". (WIKIPEDIA)