From Al Qarawiyyin University to Morocco’s first embassy in Spain Mohamed Ben Othman was born in Meknes in the middle of the 18th century. He was the descendent of a distinguished family as his ...

As a lifelong academic and university denizen, I am chagrined that only this year I learned that Al Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE in Fes, is the world’s oldest continuously running university.