Voices of Afghanistan: Fatima’s story
Fatima travelled from London to Kabul on a family emergency just before the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Now she is trapped with her elderly mother and disabled brother, hiding in a friends house in...
8 Sep 202117min
Voices of Afghanistan: Obaidullah’s story
Obaidullah, who lives in Afghanistan, thinks his country must engage with the Taliban and will not leave his home. Obaidullah Baheer is a lecturer at a University in Afghanistan. He believes the onl...
7 Sep 202119min
Voices of Afghanistan: Arefa’s story
Arefa and her sister escaped Afghanistan from Kabul airport before American forces withdrew from the country. Although she and her sister were “physically” safe in the UK, mentally she was “not in a g...
6 Sep 202124min
Voices of Afghanistan: Peymana’s story
Peymana Assad came to Britain as a child refugee and went on to become the first person of Afghan origin to be elected to UK office. She had spent the month visiting family and friends in Kabul when n...
5 Sep 202122min
Voices of Afghanistan: Siyar’s story
Siyar Sirat is an Afghan journalist based in Kabul at TOLO news. After an “unimaginable” five days of waiting, Siyar and his family had just made it through the gates and into Kabul airport when he sp...
3 Sep 202120min
LGBT+ later in life: Your experiences
They were born into a world where homosexuality was a criminal offence. They lived through the AIDs pandemic and saw friends and lovers die. So how does it feel to now grow old in the LGBT+ community?...
22 Jun 202154min
Naga: ‘IUD fitting was a traumatic experience’
BBC presenter Naga Munchetty hears from women who have experienced pain during medical procedures.She also opens up about her own “traumatic experience” of having an IUD, known commonly as the ‘coil’,...
21 Jun 202127min
Sophie: Duke's death left giant-sized hole in our lives
Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, uses her profile to raise awareness of rape in warfare. She speaks to 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty about the work and how it affects her. She also talks openly about grievin...
17 Jun 20211h 1min
