Obeikan Bookshop was established in 1991 (1411H) as one of the largest bookstores in the Middle East. It includes more than 100,000 titles constituting most fields of knowledge and more than 30,000 stationary items. In 1995 Obeikan Bookshop established its own publishing Division, which produced more than 1000 different titles. With the beginning of the Millennium, Obeikan Bookshop, believing in its message to spread knowledge, launched an ambitious expansion plan covering most main cities in KSA and some branches abroad.