Content about Alexandria
On the first day of the protests in Egypt, Jordan Bellquist spent an ordinary day at home with Mama, her Egyptian host parent.
Bellquist, a radio-television-film and Arabic senior and Arabic Flagship Program participant, knew there were protests in Alexandria, but everyone expected them to be peaceful.
Recent political unrest in Egypt has prompted UT officials to bring several students studying abroad there back to Austin.
The evacuation process for the four UT students studying in Egypt started Jan. 25, when the University learned about the protests, said Robin Garrow, assistant vice president for public affairs.
Jordan Bellquist, an Arabic language and literature senior, studied in Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, with the year-long federally funded Arabic Flagship Program.
