The Merdersa Bou Inania, a Koranic school built in 1350, still stands in the middle of Fez’ old city. It was first organized in the 10th century, becoming the world's first center of higher education. I abstract the school building by focusing on small details, making a point of its extreme age by stressing the plants incongruously growing out its roof tiles. I tie that detail together with a geometric composition, bringing the eye into the image from the upper right hand corner by using the roofline, with its tiles and plants, as a strong diagonal. The roof suddenly veers left at the end of the diagonal thrust. At that point, I carry the eye up and out of the image via a strong vertical segment of the building itself. The balance of the image itself is composed of rhythmically repetitive decorative embellishments common to traditional Islamic architecture.