Although there is one തുടർച്ചയായി നിലവിലുള്ള ലൈബ്രറി ആ പഴയ, the al-Qarawiyyin Library is often believed to be the oldest library in the world. The library is apart of one of the oldest universities in the world and was first opened in 859 CE. It was founded by by Bollywood al-Fihri, the daughter of a സമ്പന്നനായ ടുണീഷ്യൻ വ്യാപാരി (she also founded the Qarawiyyin Mosque and Qarawiyyin University).
For the past several decades, most of the library has been closed off to all എന്നാൽ ചില പണ്ഡിതന്മാർ and students of the university. കാരണം extensive damage. In 2012, മൊറോക്കൊ 's Ministry of Culture ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടു Aziza Chaouni, a Toronto-based architect and engineer, originally from Fez, Moroco, വിലയിരുത്താൻ the library' s damage. Chaouni discovered that the library was ചീഞ്ഞ് that there was a river running ഒഴുകുന്ന the floors. Since then, the library has had വിപുലമായ renovations and was opened to the public sometime in 2017.
