Sketchbook Arabia

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.

Margaret Henderson has been a compulsive book maker for as long as she can recall, "a family trait" she says, but this is her first full published work. In her native New Zealand, she was surrounded by paints and paper from childhood. Her mother was an accomplished watercolourist, and two of her sisters are painters. Her three children have followed suit, taking up artistic pursuits. She has taught at Dubai Art Centre, and earlier in her homeland, where she also worked as an illustrator. In 1985, she and her husband moved to Dubai, where she painted non-stop, immersed in her new surroundings. Sketchbook Arabia is the fruit of that interest