Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution (Ethnographic)

As young girls in Cairo, Anna and Layla strike up an unlikely friendship that crosses class, cultural, and religious divides. Years later, Anna learns that she may carry the hereditary cancer gene res…

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