Imam Ibn Arafa - 1316-1401
Issued for the same price, this stamp celebrates Ibn Arafa, the eminent scholar who led the Great Mosque of Zitouna for half a century. The visual incorporates the silhouette of the Zitouna minaret in Tunis.
A contemporary of Ibn Khaldoun, he represents the pinnacle of Tunisian academic teaching. Ibn Arafa symbolizes encyclopedism (law, grammar, theology) and the influence of the University of Zitouna as a beacon of knowledge in the Mediterranean.
A contemporary of Ibn Khaldoun, he represents the pinnacle of Tunisian academic teaching. Ibn Arafa symbolizes encyclopedism (law, grammar, theology) and the influence of the University of Zitouna as a beacon of knowledge in the Mediterranean.