Enchanting Oman

Canvas is a bi-monthly magazine distributed across the world and offering the very best in art and culture from the Middle East and beyond. With intelligent in-depth articles on everything from the visual arts to museums, galleries, photography and design, each issue carries an exclusive feature.

Established in 1979, Motivate Media Group operates in partnership between Ian Fairservice and H.E. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer. With a staff of over 200 experienced professionals based out of the Dubai headquarters, Abu Dhabi and London offices, Motivate’s wider publishing expertise includes award-winning print and digital titles such as What’s On, Emirates Woman and Gulf Business. As well as books and magazines, Motivate also produces content across other platforms including video, digital media, cinema and events.

Shirley Kay first came to the Middle East in 1965 with her husband, the former British Consul General in Dubai. They came back to live in the UAE from 1985 to 1990, and now make frequent return visits for both work and pleasure. Shirley Kay has studied languages at Cambridge University, Arabic at Shemlan in the Lebanon and Middle Eastern archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology in London. She has authored several books on Middle Eastern countries, and has also made around thirty documentary films of the area for Dubai TV.