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Radio 4,17 May 2013,58 mins

Sheila Dillon; British women and Islam; fatherhood; female composers

Woman's Hour

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Food Programme presenter Sheila Dillon speaks about having cancer. Why do British women convert to Islam? The University of Cambridge has surveyed 50 women - we talk to the report author and some of the women involved. Brian Viner on bringing up teenage girls. Helen Grime and Anna Meredith discuss careers as composers.

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