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24-year-old student Arifa is on a mission to learn to drive and live her own life.

An insight into the lives of Muslim women learner drivers, their instructors and their families. 24-year-old student Arifa is on a mission to learn to drive and live her own life.

An insight into the lives of women and their families, from Burnley to Bradford, as learner drivers and their instructors tell stories from their homes as well as their cars. With exclusive access to driving schools across the north of England which specialise in teaching Muslim women, the programme follows first-time drivers negotiating perilous streets.

24-year-old architecture student Arifa is on a mission. With her life a constant commute between her home in Blackburn, university in Liverpool and work in Preston, she's desperate to learn to drive. But she's got another reason to learn - to get away from the spotlight of her community and live her own life. Her instructor Vera understands her dilemma. As one of the first Asian women to drive in Blackburn over 30 years ago, she attracted huge attention.

Taslima has now had over 30 driving lessons and she's making slow and steady progress. Starting to drive has made her realise that she can learn anything and she's eying up her first ever college course to study English. But this ambitious woman is beginning to have second thoughts about learning to drive with her instructor Ali. In her tightknit community in Bradford, it's not that common for a 58-year-old grandmother to be taking to the road and Taslima will have to decide whether she has the determination to continue learning, despite what anyone else might say - and if so, will it be with Ali?

Zahida has over 20 years of experience as a driving instructor behind her, and her pupil Tasmia is gearing up for her second test.

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An insight into the world of British Muslim women learner drivers and their instructors

An insight into the world of British Muslim women learner drivers and their instructors, exploring the women's lives, family, religion and culture, and the freedom and status that driving can confer

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