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...But what about prime beachfront on the northern Gulf of Aqaba, where the Tarabin, Einein, and Hayawat tribes lay claim to state-owned coastal land that the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) has earmarked for nearly LE3 billion worth of investment? After three years of petitioning on the bedouin's part, and seven bedouin camps demolished by the government, some of the bedouin seem to have reached a deal--for title to a small piece of land, they relinquish claim to the rest ... "We've lived there for years, from my father's days, my grandfather's--since 1800 at least," says "Wael," a member of the Tarabin tribe. They fished off the coast, he said, and since 1980 they used the land for tourism, "but then the investors came, and it was always 'Get away, move somewhere else.'" ...
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From Cairo Times; Volume 3, Issue 11 (Online Edition)
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