Madrasa El Tawfikia

It is located in Maâkal Az-Zaïm (Arabic: ساحة معقل الزعيم) or the leader's place near Al Haoua Mosque.

The mosque was built during the Hafsid era in 1253 by the princess Atf, the second wife of the Hafsid sultan Abu Zakariya Yahya and mother of the sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir.

The madrasa El Tawfikia had an important political role.

In fact, in 1928, it hosted Al Zaytuna university students meetings to prepare the first long strike that started in December of the same year and finished in 20 January 1929.

In 1995, the madrasa became the superior institute of Islamic civilization of Tunis.