Fatima al-Kabbaj began her education at
Dar al-Faqiha, a traditional Moroccan Islamic school for girls
, where she learnt Quran. Then, she moved to
Madrasa al-Najah for her elementary studies. After finishing her studies, al-Kabbaj and her family realized that there were limited opportunities for higher studies for women. After several discussions and debates about the introduction of women to the
University of al-Qarawiyyin, al-Kabbaj was admitted to the university along with nine other female students. She stayed there for 10 years and graduated in the mid-1950s. Her experience was said to "challenge assumptions about Moroccan women’s historical access to religious authority and their mobility within the male-dominated field of
Islamic scholarship." == References ==