Lives in music: stories from Iran, Colombia and Somalia

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Music can summon up a particular time and place, memories of family and friends, good and poignant times. David Amanor asks friends of The Fifth Floor to choose two tracks that mean a lot to them, one that roots them to their past , the other they’d like to pass on to future generations. Spinning the disks: Beatriz de la Pava, presenter of BBC Minute in Spanish; Women's Affairs reporter and Iranian Faranak Amidi; and BBC Somali presenter Mohamed Harare. Football dreams of Chelsea Namak Khoshnaw grew up in Iraqi Kurdistan. As a child he saw war, and spent a period as a refugee, during which a donated blue football jersey set his life in a different direction. Nearly 20 years ago Namak left home dreaming of reaching London and playing for Chelsea Football Club. It was a hazardous journey, risking death at sea, and clinging to the undersides of lorries, but he made it. And although he never played for Chelsea, today Namak is an award winning film maker with BBC Arabic. Image: Kids listening to records Credit: Bert Hardy/Getty Images