Motivate Media Group Launches Wilfred Thesiger Volume in Abu Dhabi
Motivate Media Group has published Wilfred Thesiger in Arabia, an illustrated book drawing on the explorer’s photographs and essays about his journeys across the Arabian Peninsula. The company announced the publication on 18 September 2026.
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan launched the volume at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair on 17 September and wrote its foreword. Edited by Ian Fairservice and Alexander Maitland, the book marks 80 years since Thesiger’s first crossing of the Empty Quarter. For Motivate, it adds a new regional history title to its book publishing business.