@umarnaz_: The University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, founded in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri, is recognized by UNESCO and Guinness World Records as the oldest continuously operating, degree-granting educational institution in the world. Originally a mosque-madrasa complex, it became a premier intellectual center in the Islamic world before being incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963. #morocco #fes #university