Mohammad Najih is a typical diabetic in the Middle East: diagnosed at 24, he spent six years ignoring the disease until he was forced to begin injecting insulin. Now aged 32, the Emirati from the desert state of Dubai has vowed to help other Arabs avoid the same mistake. Last year, the Type 2 diabetic set up an anonymous Twitter account where diabetics can ask questions about the disease and talk to other sufferers. Having gained more than 2,000 followers in a few months on @diabetesUAE, he now plans to launch a self-help group to meet in coffee shops and eventually go into schools and universities to educate youngsters. “In the U.S., people who have diabetes would wear a band that shows that they’re diabetic but if you do it here, [people] will see that this is a stigma,” says Mr. Najih, who believes this stigma is worsening an […]