Al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco is the Oldest University in the World

This is the world’s oldest degree giving university alive today according to UNESCO. It was founded by a Muslim lady Fatima Al-Fihri 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. That is 229 years before the University of Bologna.
One of the greatest Jewish scholars Maimonides or Moses ben Maimon as in Arabic was one of its teachers.
He was also a personal physician of Salahuddin Ayyubi.
The great Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi and the father of sociology Ibn Khaldun were also a part of the university of al-Qarawiyyin.
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When I search for the oldest university, most of the websites tell me that it is the University of Bologna in Italy.
well. not true.
According to the Guinness world records and UNESCO, the oldest existing university in the world is the University of al-Qarawiyyin.
It was founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco.
It has been continually operating since then.
That is 229 years before the University of Bologna.
It was founded by a Muslim lady Fatima Al-Fihri.
It was built as a mosque in the Islamic tradition.
Since the Prophet, peace be upon him, started teachings in his mosque, Muslims built learning institutions in the mosque.
The mosque building itself is also a significant complex of historical Moroccan and Islamic architecture.
Some of the alumni and teachers of this university are quite famous scholars.
Among them is the great geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi.
He created one of the most advanced medieval world maps and described the Americas in the 12th century.
One of the greatest Jewish scholars Maimonides or Moses ben Maimon as in Arabic was one of its teachers.
He was also a personal physician of Salahuddin Ayyubi.
The great Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi and the father of sociology Ibn Khaldun were also a part of the university of al-Qarawiyyin.
The university decorated with Andalusian art bordered with Kufic calligraphy
its library is home to a number of precious manuscripts including historic copies of the Qu’ran