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Children of 9/11: Remembering my brave fire fighter dad
Nihal speaks to Brian Leavey, whose dad died in the September 11 attacks, 20 years ago.

Voices of Afghanistan: Fatima’s story
Fatima, a British-Afghan woman trapped and afraid for her life in Kabul.

Voices of Afghanistan: Peymana’s story
Peymana Assad describes her terrifying journey to Kabul airport.

Voices of Afghanistan: Siyar’s story
Afghan journalist Siyar Sirat describes the five day ordeal of escaping Kabul airport.

Voices of Afghanistan: Arefa’s story
Arefa speaks to Naga Munchetty about leaving her old life in Aghanistan behind.

LGBT+ later in life: Your experiences
Chris, Bernard and Penny talk about getting older within the LGBT+ community.

Naga: ‘IUD fitting was a traumatic experience’
Naga Munchetty opens up about her “traumatic” IUD fitting

Sophie: Duke's death left giant-sized hole in our lives
Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, talks about lockdown life.

5 Live follows the stories of people talking about their struggle to read and write.
To find out more about our project on adult literacy, go to http://bbc.co.uk/wordmatters

An Israeli teen and a young Palestinian talk
An Israeli teen and a young Palestinian talk to each other for the first time.