UC Egypt Programs Suspended

UCLA student at the Sphinx

From the LA Times:

Worried about student safety amid the political violence in Egypt, the University of California has suspended its fall semester program in Cairo, officials said Monday. The move affects 22 students who had signed up to study advanced Arabic and other classes at the American University in Cairo... Those students can enroll instead in UC programs in Jordan, Turkey, Morocco and Israel that also offer Arabic classes... The move comes a few days after the safe evacuation of 10 UC students from a UC Davis-sponsored summer program in Egypt and the worsening of violence in the wake of the military coup that pushed president Mohamed Morsi from power...

Full story at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-egypt-20130708,0,4719676.story.