Sheremsah

Sheremsah (Egyptian Arabic: شرمساح) is a village on the Nile in the Damietta governorate.^[1] Its name goes back to the ancient Egyptian language.^{[citation needed]} It was used as a camp by withdrawing crusaders during the Seventh Crusade.^[2] Its name was mentioned in several books such as:^{[citation needed]}

• Wa Islamah, a historical novel by Ali Ahmad Bakathir.
• Al-Khotat, a book about history and geography of Egypt by Al-maqrizi.
• The Personality of Egypt, A book about the geography of Egypt, by Dr. Gamal Hamdan.

Sheremsah شرمساح
City
The Nile Delta
Sheremsah Location in Egypt Show map of Nile Delta Sheremsah Sheremsah (Egypt) Show map of Egypt
Coordinates: 31.1833335°N 31.6°E / 31.1833335; 31.6
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Damietta
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Notable people

The following are some notable people from Sheremash:^{[citation needed]}

• Ibrahim "bey" El-Zohairy, Member of the first Egyptian parliament in 1923.
• Hamza "bey" El-Zohairy.
• Abbas El-Zohairy.
• Ahmed El-Zohairy.
• Adel El-Zohairy.
• Basem El-Zohairy.
• Haytham El-Zohairy.
• Amr El-Zohairy