'I'm being woken by missiles on my baby monitor'
Robyn BakerA mother who is stranded in Egypt has described the anguish of hearing the sound of missiles on her daughter's baby monitor as Iran attacks the region.
Robyn Baker, from Jersey, moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2022 but had travelled to Egypt for work before the US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday and Iran retaliated.
With flights in and out of Dubai suspended, she is unable to return to the city.
"The hardest part is I sleep with the baby monitor on when I'm travelling... I expect to woken up to the sound of her crying and needing her nappy changed," she said. "Instead I'm being woken up to the sound of missiles being intercepted, on a baby monitor, above my child and I'm not there."
Robyn BakerBaker travelled to Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, just south of Cairo, for work as part of a concierge company.
While she was out on a boat in the Red Sea, she said she heard news Dubai had been struck by missiles.
"My chest tightened and it felt like time had stopped," Ms Baker told BBC Radio Jersey.
"I didn't know it was possible to feel that pain, it was like someone had stabbed me."
She said the only thing which "kept her going" was she still had contact with her partner and child in Dubai and her family in Jersey.
Baker's journey home normally means catching a connecting flight from Cairo, but the closure of the airspace meant she was not able to do that.
"I hadn't even thought about my safety," she said.
"All the tourists are doing everything they can to get out of Dubai, whereas I'm doing everything I can to get into Dubai."
She said she was scared but any fear "is being overridden by the need to hold" her daughter.
"Nothing else matters right now," she said.
"When I do see her I'll just pick her up and not be able to let go for hours."
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