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Gharam beach Marsa Matruh, Egypt

مرسى مطروح - مصر mæɾsæ mɑtˤˈɾuːħ

El Gharam beach

It is the largest of Marsa Matruh's beaches. Despite being 17 kilometers out of town, it actually faces the town, occupying the last stretch of land around the lagoon before it opens up to the great sea. It is famed for its silvery sand and calm, shallow water.More than fifty years ago, the former famous Egyptian singer, Layla Murad, sang while sitting on a huge rock in this beach. The song name was “Baheb Etenein Sawa, El Maya we El hawa”, which means I love two things in life, the water and the air. This song was in a scene of an old famous Egyptian movie about a man who meets a woman in Marsa Matruh while on he was on vacation and falls in love with her. The first time he sees her is when she is singing the song. The name of the movie was Shate’ El Gharam, or the beach of love, and this is the reason why this beach was called so.

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Uploaded on December 19, 2015