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Founded in 1925, the oldest library institution in the UAE, with Arabic and English lending collections and quiet reading space.
A small open-shelf public library with periodicals and electronic databases, one of the few free reading rooms in Ajman.
A quiet Dubai public library devoted to art, architecture and design, with desks, exhibition space and computer rooms.
Al Ain's main public library, near Sulaimi Garden, with reading rooms, a theatre and free wifi.
An open-plan glass library with study zones and shared workspaces that stays open until 11pm or midnight, free, with no membership needed to sit and work.
The emirate's largest library, a building shaped like a Quran lectern on the creek, with silent reading halls, study rooms and fast free Wi-Fi.
Open every day until 8pm, with a 10,000-book children's annex and a rare books hall of about 1,900 titles.
A 5,250-square-metre library built to feel like walking into a life-size pop-up book.