Fatima Bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiya فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية
One of the greatest women in Islamic history is Fatima Bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiya, accredited as the founder of the oldest University in the world Masjid al-Qarawiyyin, pioneering the model of higher education that has been adopted across the world. Al-Qarawiyyin university has since provided hundreds of years of education on Islamic religious and legal sciences, classical Arabic grammar/linguisitics and Maliki law with the later introduction of French, English and IT. Notable alumni include: Jewish philosopher Maimonides, the great Muslim philosopher Ibn Rushd and Pope Sylvester II.
Full Name: Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya.
Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية
Other Name: Fatima al-Fihriya or Fatima al-Fihri, Umm al-Banīn (“Mother of the Children”).
Origin: Kairouan (present-day Tunisia).
Born: 800 CE.
Died: 880 CE.
Famous for: founding the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque which later became University of al-Qarawiyyin.
Contribution:
Improved values of the planetary apogees
Articles
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https://www.dw.com/en/fatima-al-fihri-founder-of-the-worlds-oldest-university/a-53371150