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Last broadcast on Sat, 12 Feb 2011, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
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.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
Hugh Sykes tells of the joy in Tahrir Square as President Hosni Mubarak announced he was stepping down.
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Chapter 3
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes describes his terrifying experience of being detained by Hosni Mubarak's secret police.
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Chapter 4
Jonathan Marcus explains how Western diplomats were left floundering by recent events in Egypt.
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Chapter 5
Sarah Monaghan finds out whether the winds of revolution sweeping through the Arab world will reach Oman.
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Chapter 6
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.
Broadcast
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Sat 12 Feb 201111:30
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