Motivate Books

In the course of more than twenty-five years, Motivate has chronicled the many evolving faces of the region through the publication of over 300 titles. These range from coffee-table books and cookbooks to business publications and autobiographies. We also publish leisure, sporting and nature guides, as well as children’s books. In particular our collection mainly features Arabian culture and heritage, offering an awe-inspiring journey through the Gulf and the wider Arab world. Motivate’s most renowned book imprint is the Arabian Heritage series, which comprises the region’s bestselling books from internationally acclaimed writers and photographers such as Sir Wilfred Thesiger, Ronald Codrai, Lord Patrick Lichfield and Noor Ali Rashid. Motivate’s books division offers a turnkey book publishing service – to authors as well as corporate organisations – that covers the life of a book from its inception, research and writing, through conceptualisation, editing and printing, to marketing and distribution in the retail market. We also offer sponsorship opportunities to companies or organisations wishing to associate their brands with our latest literary releases. Benefits include high-standard press coverage post-launch, enduring branding on all retail copies, and customisation of books with bespoke covers as corporate gifts and for marketing purposes. Motivate’s books are distributed through more than 300 retail outlets in the GCC, and through our dedicated online bookshop booksarabia.com, which offers secure purchase of all of our titles at a special discount of 15 per cent. Our efforts have been rewarded with numerous prestigious accolades including three Sultan Al Owais Awards for Literature, three IAA-GCC Retail Publisher Awards and two Sharjah International Book Fair Awards. Motivate Media Group's online bookshop, booksarabia.com offers secure purchase of all of these titles. Books and fine art prints are also available at Motivate’s own Arabian Gallery bookshop located in the Head Office.