c. 800–880
Founded al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, regarded as the world's oldest university.
Fatima al-Fihri (c. 800–880) endures among the great of Africa. Founded al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, regarded as the world's oldest university.
Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.
Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
Submitted with honor.
From this house to yours
What the house has done here — the story told with dignity, the sources kept, the proof that endures — it does for any name you love. Free to begin, reviewed by human hands, honored the same.
Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.
