The Safaria blog
Stories of Morocco in manga
The Islamic history of Morocco told in panels: the women and men, the cities and the journeys that shaped the country.
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Fatima al-Fihri and al-Qarawiyyin
The woman who gave Fès its light
An heiress from Kairouan spends her fortune on a mosque that becomes the oldest university still operating in the world.
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- The Safaria blogVol. 01

Fatima al-Fihri and al-Qarawiyyin
859Fès2 min readAn heiress from Kairouan spends her fortune on a mosque that becomes the oldest university still operating in the world.
Read the manga - The Safaria blogVol. 02

Idris I, from Walili to Fès
786 – 809Walili · Fès2 min readFleeing the Abbasids, a descendant of the Prophet ﷺ finds refuge with the Awraba and founds the Idrisid dynasty.
Read the manga - The Safaria blogVol. 03

Ibn Battuta, from Tangier to Mecca
1325 – 1355Tangier · Mecca · Fès1 min readAt 21, a young man from Tangier sets off alone to perform Hajj. He returns almost thirty years later.
Read the manga - The Safaria blogVol. 04

Yusuf ibn Tashfin and the birth of Marrakech
1070 – 1086Marrakech2 min readThe Almoravids, out of the desert, found a capital at the foot of the Atlas. Its name will become the country's.
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Panels illustrated for Safaria.