Fatima al-Fihri: the woman behind the world's oldest university

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! Instagram: @fortheloveof_history 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices