Al Khawarizmi

The 9th-century intellectual giant from Baghdad's Golden Age whose revolutionary book systematically defined algebra and whose very name gave us the "algorithm" that powers our entire modern world.

Fatima Al Fihri

The remarkable 9th-century visionary who personally founded and supervised the construction of Al-Qarawiyyin, establishing the world's first continuously operating, degree-granting university and creating the global blueprint for higher education that endures to this day.

Ibn AlHaytham

The 10th-century "Father of Modern Optics" from Basra who revolutionized our understanding of light, invented the first camera obscura, and single-handedly pioneered the rigorous experimental scientific method that remains the foundation of all modern discovery.