stackyFACTSLong before Ivy League institutions were gatekeeping education, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco was churning out scholars. Founded in 859, it has been continuously operating ever since, meaning it was casually holding lectures during the Dark Ages while Europe was still trying to figure out basic sanitation.
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