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2013-03-01 Africa North

Proposal to rent Egypt monuments refused

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Posted by Fred 2013-03-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 The legal advice from the ministry suggested that heritage sites are owned by the state, and profits from them are public funds that may not be exploited through a usufruct arrangement.

from Late Latin ûsûfrûctus, from Latin ûsus use + frûctus enjoyment - u·su·fruct (yz-frkt, -s-)
n.
The right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered in any way.

I had never seen nor heard the word usufruct, so I'd like to pass on the above information along for those like me.

Good Day.

Posted by Your Name Here 2013-03-01 09:07|| 2013-03-01 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for another Rantburg U. session.

"But is it possible that we rent our monuments? ... This is our heritage, our roots."

It's a more palatable option than the one your religious fanatics will offer.

Posted by Pappy 2013-03-01 11:01|| 2013-03-01 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Zahi Hawass crapped his pants.

Posted by Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-03-01 11:07|| 2013-03-01 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The descendants of those who built the pyramids are long gone in Egypt.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-03-01 13:53|| 2013-03-01 13:53|| Front Page Top

#5 The descendants of those who built the pyramids are long gone in Egypt.

The Copts are still there, Bright Pebbles. Though for how much longer remains to be seen.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-03-01 14:01|| 2013-03-01 14:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Renting them means that more icky infidels would be in Egypt, both to view the monuments and to service/protect them. Plus the rent money would disappear to be seen again only in a Swiss or Cayman bank.

Posted by Steve White 2013-03-01 17:03|| 2013-03-01 17:03|| Front Page Top

#7 If the Copts were both devious and smart, they'd quietly move from Cairo and Alexandria, where they live for the most part, into the northern Sinai. It'd take a while but they could establish themselves. Do it without raising much suspicion. Then when they have enough of their people there, they make a grab for independence and invite the Israelis in for protection -- a 'mutual defense' treaty or some such.

The Muslim world would holler and squeal but so what? The Copts would have a homeland -- not much of one in the beginning but I suspect they're as industrious as the Joooz, so in time the Sinai would bloom. Boot the Arabs, let the Bedouin wonder about so long as they're peaceful, and build a country.

Posted by Steve White 2013-03-01 17:06|| 2013-03-01 17:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Who's to say they aren't already trying that? For all we know they're now in contact with South Sudan, looking for advice.

Posted by Charles 2013-03-01 19:24|| 2013-03-01 19:24|| Front Page Top

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