Saif el Islam al Ahmed Mahmoud poses for a portrait in one of rooms where some of the 700 manuscripts privately owned by his family are preserved the library in Chinguetti, on March 16, 2023. - In Chinguetti, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, there are 13 libraries with preserved documents of which 5 are open to the public. These libraries are all privately owned and have 6000 documents in total presently. The documents range from the Quran to Islamic law, astronomy, mathematics and poetry and were collected by the founders during pilgrimages to Mecca and other trips. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)