The thousands of streets in Fes compose countless micro-neighborhoods.
The Tijani quarter owes its name to the important “zaouïa” (religious brotherhood center) founded by the Sufi Sheikh Sidi Ahmed Tijani at the end of the 18th century.
It is said that: “in these places, pious ears hear the divine voice…”
A large number of pilgrims flock here every year from the Maghreb or West Africa to pray before the “ziarra” (the Sheikh’s tomb), where the spiritual path of the “Tijaniya” has spread widely. A brotherhood was born from his priesthood, which continues today with strength and vitality.
If one needed to demonstrate the sanctity of the city of Fes in the Muslim world, we would mention the pilgrimage to the Tijaniya performed by the poorest of its faithful, which carries the same symbolic weight as the “Hajj,” the pilgrimage to Mecca!
