12 Notable alumni of
University of Al Quaraouiyine
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The University of Al Quaraouiyine is 1761st in the world, 40th in Africa, and 2nd in Morocco by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the University of Al Quaraouiyine sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Abd el-Krim
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- presidentjournalistresistance fighterqaditranslator
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Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Khaṭṭābī, better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; 12 January 1882 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan revolutionary, religious, political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif. He and his brother M'Hammad led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Riffian tribes against the Spanish and French Protectorates of the Rif and the rest of Morocco. His guerrilla tactics, which included the first-ever use of tunneling as a technique of modern warfare, directly influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported.
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Leo Africanus
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- geographerexplorerdiplomatwriter
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Johannes Leo Africanus was an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa (Description of Africa) in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley. The book was regarded among his scholarly peers in Europe as the most authoritative treatise on the subject until the modern exploration of Africa. For this work, Leo became a household name among European geographers. He converted from Islam to Christianity and changed his name to Johannes Leo de Medicis (Arabic: يوحنا الأسد, romanized: Yuḥannā al-Asad). Leo possibly returned to North Africa in 1528.
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Allal al-Fassi
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- revolutionarypoetwriterliterary scholarscholar
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Muhammad Allal al-Fassi was a Moroccan nationalist leader, politician, writer, poet, Pan-Arabist and Islamic scholar who was one of the early leaders of the Moroccan nationalist movement. He later became the president for life of the Istiqlal Party after independence representing it until his death in 1972. He served briefly as Minister of Islamic Affairs from 1961 to 1963.
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Abu Madyan
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- theologianQutbpoet
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Abu Madyan Shuʿayb ibn al-Husayn al-Ansari al-Andalusi, commonly known as Abū Madyan, was an influential Andalusian mystic and a great Sufi master.
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Abdelkrim Ghallab
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- journalistwriter
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Abdelkrim Ghallab was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He is an important figure both in the literary and political field (editor of the Istiqlal Party daily al-Alam).
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Muhammad Abu Khubzah
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- muhaddithIslamic juristlinguisthistorianulema
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Abu Uways Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hassani was a Moroccan Muslim theologian, jurist, bibliographer and linguist. His name has variantly been spelled "Bukhabza," "Boukhabza," Bu Khabza," and "Bu Khubza."
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Mohammed Ameziane
- Enrolled in the University of Al Quaraouiyine
- Studied sharia
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- Amghar (title)resistance fighterqadi
- Biography
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Mohammed ben al-Hajj Amezian, also known as El Mizzian by the Spanish, was a Moroccan sharif who served as the main leader of the Riffian resistance against Spanish rule in northern Morocco prior to the rise of Abd el-Krim in 1921.
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Ahmed Raïssouni
- Enrolled in the University of Al Quaraouiyine
- In 1978 graduated with licentiate
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- ulemawriterIslamic juristuniversity teacheressayist
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Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Raïssouni is a Moroccan Islamic scholar and jurist. He served as president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) until his retirement in 2022. He was the former head of the Movement of Unity and Reform (MUR), an organization closely linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Moroccan Justice and Development Party.
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Abdelhadi Tazi
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- politicianwriterhistoriandiplomatessayist
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Abdelhadi Tazi was a scholar, writer, historian and former Moroccan ambassador in various countries.
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Ahmed Bahnini
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- politicianjudge
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Ahmed Bahnini was a Moroccan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco from 1963 to 1965 under King Hassan II. He also served as President of the Supreme Court. Bahnini was killed during a failed coup attempt against Hassan II on 10 July 1971.
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Sidi Ben Arous
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- walī
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Ahmed ben Arous, full name: Abu al-Abbas Ahmed Ben Abdallah ben Abu Bakr al-Houari, Tunisian Arabic: أحمد بن عروس; was a Tunisian Wali, religious leader and founder of the Arousia Tariqa.
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Al-Bannani
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- writer
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Sīdī Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Bannānī more commonly referred to in books of Islamic law as al-Bannānī or Imam al-Bannānī, was an 18th-century Muslim jurist from Fes, Morocco, and a scholar in the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh).
