Episode 3
Zaiba is finding her double life as a British-Muslim teenager all too confusing. So she begins her Year of Silence.
Award-winning investigative journalist Zaiba Malik's memoir of growing up in the 70s and 80s, torn between being 'British' and 'Muslim'.
Zaiba is finding her double life as a British-Muslim teenager all too confusing. So she begins her Year of Silence.
Read by Nisha Nayar.
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Joanna Green
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Wed 11 Aug 201009:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 12 Aug 201000:30BBC Radio 4
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