Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book offers an ethnographic exploration of the interactions of two different understandings of type-2 diabetes: one related to the notion of agh, translated as ‘pressure’ or ‘stress’, and another related primarily to obesity.It tells a story of uncertainty, not only among people in Cairo but also within medical research, and considers what uncertainty may generate in both bodies and societies at large. It ultimately reflects on what is overlooked and why in prevention treatment of type-2 di...