The al-Qarawiyyin Library has long been a source of fascination for residents in Fez, Morocco, as few of them have ever passed through its doors. Opened in 859, it is thought to be the world’s ...

Architect Aziza Chaouni has just completed a 4-year project to restore the Al-Qarawiyyin library in the Moroccan city of Fez. It was founded in the year 859.

After renovations wrap up in September, the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University will debut an exhibition section for non-scholars Danny Lewis A courtyard in front of a mosque adjacent ...

;>Taroudant – King Mohammed VI is expected to soon inaugurate the reopening ofMorocco's University of Al Qarawiyyin library in Fez according t Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

The al-Qarawiyyin library was built in 859, around the same time that the concept of zero was invented. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

So goes an old Moroccan proverb. For centuries, wise men have flocked to the city of Fez seeking knowledge from the books held within its ancient library at al-Qarawiyyin. Scholars and students at ...

By May 2016, al-Qarawiyyin University’s library was finally fit for use. Chaouni did her best to preserve its original appearance, but she also upgraded the facilities for modern scholars, ...

The library has had a long history, and was originally opened in 859 C.E. as a mosque, built by Fatima Al-Fihri, who used the inheritance from her merchant father's coffers to fund what continues ...

The al-Qarawiyyin Library has long been a source of fascination for residents in Fez, Morocco, as few of them have ever passed through its doors. Opened in 859, it is thought to be the world’s ...

A courtyard in front of a mosque adjacent to the al-Qarawiyyin Library, pre-restoration. Khonsali via Wikimedia Commons. When the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University was first built in ...