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"Forever Young" is the debut experimental book by Medyyah Altamimi. It explores the juxtaposition as well as the coexistence of the past with the present of the UAE through the perspective of a young girl navigating her own sense of identity. There is a distinct theme of the struggle to mend the post-modern Arab identity as one wrestles both tradition and the contemporary. Love letters and family archives. Change and loss. This limited edition work explores a specific experience of girlhood, from its innocence to its anger and melodrama. Beyond the prose, poetry and illustrations, it engages the senses in unprecedented ways; there are playlists and short films accompanying the text. Both raw and interactive, it invites its visitors to take a close look at female youth, sans voyeurism.