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People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed: Three Hashis

People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed

Three Hashis

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Hashi Mohamed reads from his book People Like Us, an exploration of social mobility.

Using his own journey from childhood poverty to becoming a barrister, Hashi Mohamed explores social mobility in modern Britain.

Hashi Mohamed arrived in London aged nine. In People Like Us he examines social mobility in the UK, using his own experience to explore questions of race, class, education, language and integration. In this first episode he describes the events that brought him and his family from Somalia, to Kenya and then to London. 

Producer: Nicola Holloway
Abridged by Sara Davies
Photo credit: Shaista Chishty

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