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School Radio,22 Jan 2013,15 mins

SeriesSpring 2016

Birthdays

Something to Think About

Available for over a year

Ben arrives at the studio to find that his colleagues have made him a birthday surprise...except that it’s not his birthday! Ben begins his celebration of special days by considering birthdays and we here from ‘Something to think about’ listeners about what they mean to them. Today we hear a story about Muhammad and his friend, Abu Bakr, they have fled from the great city of Makkah, with soldiers in hot pursuit. They are in grave danger, but one day, a tiny spider does something that saves the two companions’ lives…

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