Motivate Publishing, in its 30th year now, is the Gulf's leading publisher of magazines and books. Our portfolio comprises of more than 20 market-leading magazines – all of which are independently audited - and over 300 books. With a staff of more than 200 experienced and dedicated professionals, we are committed to providing editorial excellence, audited circulation and transparent research data across our entire platform of publications.

Within our stable, What’s On, the first magazine ever published in the Gulf, continues its reign as the UAE’s biggest-selling entertainment title. Emirates Woman is the GCC’s leading women’s magazine, Gulf Business is the region’s most respected business title and Identity embodies a pioneering showcase of design, interior and property trends. We also publish a wide range of international titles such as HELLO!, Golf Digest, Stuff and Campaign.

Motivate Publishing’s special projects division had a busy start to the year with the first new magazine launch in the region. With a mission to put ’global issues in perspective’ THINK magazine has been launched by Motivate Publishing on behalf of the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and is the company’s first major contract for the Saudi Arabia Government Department.

Motivate Publishing is a respected publisher of books on the region, with the Arabian Books Gallery offering hundreds of titles for expats and visitors alike. Highlights include the memoirs of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to an Arabian heritage series which compromises the region’s best-selling books from internationally acclaimed writers and photographers.