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Read by Fiona O'Shaughnessy. 'On Being Sophia' gives voice to Sophia, an actual female android who in 2017 was granted full citizenship by Saudia Arabia. 21 years later, Sophia now addresses the United Nations Education, Cultural and Scientific Organisation in Paris.