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Morocco: Entrance to a student dormitory, Ben Youssef Madrasa (Medersa Ben Youssef), Medina of Marrakesh, Marrakesh. The Saadian Dynasty sultan, Abdallah al-Ghalib Billah (1517 - 1574), built the madrasa in 1565 (972 AH). It was once the largest Islamic college in the Maghreb (Northwest Africa).
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