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outside , the ninth - century qarawiyyin library in north - eastern morocco is finally set to reopen – with strict security and a new underground canal system to protect its most prized manuscripts world 's oldest library reopens in fez .
“ it was like healing wounds , ” says aziza chaouni , a fez native and the architect tasked with restoring the great library .
 
inside it were kept the most prized tomes in the collection ; works of such immense import that each of the four locks had separate keys held with four different individuals , all of whom had to be present for the door to be opened .
the restored library boasts a new sewerage and underground canal system to drain away profile : khizanat al - qarawiyyin , the oldest library in the world , set to re - open after multimillion - pound restoration if you would prefer unlimited access , please support our journalism with a website subscription .
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