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Radio 4,2 mins

Shazia Mirza on why she chose to escape her hometown Birmingham

Woman's Hour

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How does where you live shape your life for better or worse? Comedian Shazia Mirza tells us what it was like being raised in an Asian Muslim household in Birmingham in the 1970s.

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