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General 16w

Just found out the oldest university in the world was founded by a woman and I’m so emotional over it 🥺🩵

Anonymous 16w

Muslim woman btw

Anonymous 16w

Why? Because she was a woman? It seems as though dividing the world makes you emotional. I recognize her as the founder of the idea of universities but I don’t attribute it to her being a woman. That demeans her work to just be because of her gender. No, she accomplished what she did because she set her mind to it and ended up making the world a better place in the process.

Anonymous

#2 16w

I think it makes total sense to be proud of and inspired by women in education, especially considering the literal millennia of subjugation and oppression of women. In certain time periods and places, no amount of “setting your mind to it” would be enough if you’re being held back by institutions and society. And its not like its in the distant past, as a random example women couldn’t even get a business loan by themselves in the US until 1988

Anonymous

#3 16w

Well what did she do to accomplish it? Set her mind to it and did what it takes to have it be done.

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Anonymous

#2 16w

Well then let OP be proud of a fellow woman for overcoming the barriers set by men and accomplishing something in a field that she is especially inspired by

Anonymous

#3 16w

Thank you, this is exactly it

Anonymous

#1 16w

Yes! And she herself studied there and received a diploma in Islamic jurisprudence and mathematics which can still be seen in the school’s library to this day!