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

Fatima al-Fihri was a Muslim woman from Tunisia who founded the first known university more than 1,000 years ago: the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco. Guinness World Records acknowledges it as the oldest existing and continually operating educational institution in the world. 

Love in the Time of Quraysh

Love is a powerful theme that features throughout history, with the power to launch a thousand ships or destroy a country. Zainab bint RasulAllah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is an example of the strength of love and a Muslim woman’s patience and courage.

What Andalusia Can Teach Us About Muslims and Non-Muslims Living Together

“The loss of Andalusia is like losing part of my body,” H.R.H. Prince Turki al-Faisal told me.

When Malcolm X visited Smethwick after racist election

On February 12, 1965, Malcolm X, with his brow-line glasses perched high above his nose, walked along the terraced houses of Marshall Street in Smethwick, a small and bleak UK town in the West Midlands.