14 Notable alumni of
University of Al Quaraouiyine
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The University of Al Quaraouiyine is 1815th in the world, 40th in Africa, and 2nd in Morocco by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 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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Moshe ben Maimon
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- physician writerwriterphysicianDayanastronomer
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Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba within the Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain), on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135), until his family was expelled for refusing to convert to Islam. Later, he lived in Morocco and Egypt and worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher.
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Abd el-Krim
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- presidentwriterpoliticiantranslatorqadi
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; 1882 or 1883 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan 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 French and Spanish colonization of the Rif, in 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 big figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported.
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Leo Africanus
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- explorergeographerwriterdiplomat
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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 (يوحنا الأسد).
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Allal al-Fassi
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- politicianpoet
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Muhammad Allal al-Fassi, was a Moroccan politician, writer, poet, Pan-Arabist and Islamic scholar.
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Abu Madyan
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- Qutbtheologianpoet
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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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Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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- translatorscholarpoet
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Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din bin Abdil-Qadir Al-Hilali was a 20th-century Moroccan Salafi, most notable for his English translations of Sahih Bukhari and, along with Muhammad Muhsin Khan, the Qur'an, entitled The Noble Qur'an.
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Abdelkrim Ghallab
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- writerjournalist
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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 Khubza
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- 'ālimhistorianlinguistIslamic juristmuhaddith
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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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Ahmed Raïssouni
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- Islamic jurist'ālim
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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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- diplomathistorianwriterpoliticianessayist
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Abdelhadi Tazi was a scholar, writer, historian and former Moroccan ambassador in various countries.
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Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani
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- editing staffwriterrevolutionaryjournalistpolitician
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Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani was a Moroccan journalist and politician, one of the main leaders of the Moroccan nationalist movement, founder of the L'Action du Peuple newspaper and of the Democratic Independence Party.
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Ahmed Bahnini
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- judgepolitician
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Ahmed Bahnini was a Moroccan politician who served as the 4th 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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- walîy
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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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Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Bannani, more commonly referred to in books of Islamic law as al-Bannani or Imam al-Banani, was an 18th-century Muslim jurist from Fes, Morocco, and a scholar in the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh).
