Fatima al-Fihri: the woman behind the world's first university - a podcast by Tehya F.

Two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population are women—you’d think that higher education started as a boys’ club, but I’ll let you in on a little secret, universities, as we know them, were started by a refugee Muslim women in 859 CE!

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Further Reading

• The true story of Fatima al-Fihri, the founder of the world’s first known university

• University of Machester Press Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of the world’s first university

• The Arab Muslim Woman Who Brought Higher Education To The Entire World

• Al-Qarawiyyin University in Fes: Brainchild of a Muslim Woman

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