On the Greek island of Rhodes, I skipped the beach to visit a pasha's library

On the Greek island of Rhodes, I skipped the beach to visit a pasha's library Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 10:09 Nestled in the back streets of Rhodes is an Ottoman library administered by the same family for seven generations The book room of the Hafiz Ahmed Agha Library on the island of Rhodes, Greece, is pictured on 4 April 2026 (Sean Mathews/MEE) Off "I'd be doing this even if you weren't here," Tarik Tuten, a local resident, tells me. "I walk for hours on Rhodes. It's my habit," he adds, as his polite, Turkish-accented English cuts through the quiet alley paved in sea pebbles.