FezPrayer Times in Fez, Fes-Meknes

Fez was founded by the Idrisid dynasty in the late eighth and early ninth centuries CE and became the principal religious and intellectual capital of Morocco. The al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, established in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri and substantially expanded under the Almoravids in the twelfth century, is among the oldest continuously operating institutions of higher learning in the world; it taught generations of Maliki jurists, including for a time the historian Ibn Khaldun. The Andalusiyyin Mosque, founded in the same generation by al-Fihri's sister Maryam, anchors the eastern bank of the Fez river. The fourteenth-century Marinid madrasas — Bou Inania, Attarine, and Sahrij — are masterpieces of carved cedar, stucco, and zellige tile representing the high point of Maghribi-Andalusi religious architecture. Fez today retains an active al-Qarawiyyin, multiple Sufi tariqa houses including the Tijaniyya, and a deeply observant traditional mosque culture in its UNESCO-protected medina.