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Fes, Morocco's al-Karaouine University, founded by a woman in 859, is the oldest continuously-running university in the world and has served as an important religious institution for the Islamic world. (Flickr Creative Commons/Keith Putnam)

June 1st, 2016 - 04:47 GMT

The world's oldest university is an Islamic school in Morocco

Morocco's Al-Karaouine - founded by a woman in 859, and still running today; can Islam's holiest site be an equalizer between the sexes?; and a backwater village in Iraq bands together to quit smoking and get fit.