Al Ras Public Library (aka the Dubai Central Public Library) is the oldest library in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

, UAE, opened in 1963. It is located in Al Ras, Deira. Al Ras Public Library was the first

public library A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...

in Dubai, inaugurated by Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum in 1963. The library includes more than 100,000 books in a number of languages and over 170 periodicals. The library has an activity room, audio-visual facilities, a reading hall, and a separate section for

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. The library announced that it was closing for renovation work in September 2019. The nearest Dubai Metro station is Al Ras on the Green Line. Nowadays, the library is one of a number of Dubai Public Libraries.

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