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A small open-shelf public library with periodicals and electronic databases, one of the few free reading rooms in Ajman.
Founded in 1925, the oldest library institution in the UAE, with Arabic and English lending collections and quiet reading space.
A quiet Dubai public library devoted to art, architecture and design, with desks, exhibition space and computer rooms.
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.
Al Ain's main public library, near Sulaimi Garden, with reading rooms, a theatre and free wifi.
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.