Main content

Kate Adie hosts despatches about the changes in the Middle East from correspondents in Cairo, Jerusalem, Washington and Muscat.

After the dramatic events in Egypt yesterday, this is a special edition of From Our Own Correspondent. Hugh Sykes tells of the joy in Cairo's Tahrir Square as the president announced he was stepping down; Rupert Wingfield Hayes examines what will happen to the army of police, thugs and torturers who enforced Mubarak's police state; Jonathan Marcus explains how western diplomats were left floundering by this very Egyptian revolution while Sarah Monaghan's in Oman, a distant outpost of the Arab world waiting to see if the winds of change will blow through there as well.

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Feb 2011 11:30
成人快手 Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

10/02/2011

Next

17/02/2011

See all episodes from From Our Own Correspondent

Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:29

  • Happiness and disbelief in Cairo

    Hugh Sykes tells of the joy in Tahrir Square as President Hosni Mubarak announced he was stepping down.

    Duration: 04:49

  • A fearful day in Egypt

    Rupert Wingfield-Hayes describes his terrifying experience of being detained by Hosni Mubarak's secret police.

    Duration: 05:22

  • Egypt sets its own future

    Jonathan Marcus explains how Western diplomats were left floundering by recent events in Egypt.

    Duration: 05:16

  • Testing the appetite for change in Oman

    Sarah Monaghan finds out whether the winds of revolution sweeping through the Arab world will reach Oman.

    Duration: 05:55

  • Gun mania in a US neighbourhood

    Returning to the US, former North America editor Justin Webb is perplexed by a gun ownership surge in his old crime-free neighbourhood, where people leave front doors unlocked.

    Duration: 05:43

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Feb 2011 11:30
    成人快手 Radio 4