Dubai Library - Third Biggest in the World
DUBAI CITY - DUBAI - This is the third biggest library in the world - just built. You can see the famous Dubai Tower - the world's tallest building at 2700 feet - in the background. The new library is shaped like a speaker's lecturn. We visited Dubai five years ago. Dubai City has 3.3 million people. It has the most magnificent shopping and architecture I have ever seen. They made much of their wealth in oil. But today less than 2% of their GDP is in oil. It is part of the United Arab Emirates - they have a king. They also have the Queen Elizabeth ship there as a museum.