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My name is a Faraj, and I am a proud Bedouin man who grew up in the desert with 500 sheep, but now I own a hostel in the busy beach city Marsa Matrouh, a beautiful city along the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Bedouin culture is about hosting guests, sharing food, and having great conversations, and I want to share Bedouin culture through hospitality. The name means 'lighthouse' in Arabic, and I want to share my space as a warm and bright place to build memories together.
I have worked many jobs throughout my life, including working as a business lawyer in my private law firm. I have many stories to share from my rich and unique life, and I would love to share my love of the desert with you. I also love to learn new things, and I would be excited to learn new skills you can teach me. I am fun to be around and I often have my friends visiting. During your downtime, you are welcome to join me on excursions around the city and surrounding areas. When you help alongside me, being a Workawayer is secondary to being my friend and guest in my hotel and city. You can learn more about me -ask me for my social media links
I have significant experience as a host, having hosted over 250 travellers and more than 30 volunteers. I also have an account on another volunteering site- where you can see my extremely positive reviews-ask me for the link, and am an active ambassador for Egypt on couchsurfers. So what are you waiting for? Come to Marsa Matrouh for your next adventure!Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsLanguage practiceTeachingGardeningDIY and building projectsCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseHospitality/TourismGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
I come from a Bedouin family and you can experience my traditions and lifestyle during your stay.
This is an authentic experience that you will not find anywhere in Egypt.Help
There is a lot of flexibility in the work you can help me with. Let's have a conversation about what skills you can offer and how to make this exchange positive for both of us!
1) English teacher: I am looking mainly for help improving my American English and Spanish writing and speaking. I am preparing for the IELTS exame so somebody with experience teaching academic English or standardized test taking would be great.
2) Business school tutor: I am looking for a current or recent university graduate, preferably in business (MBA) to tutor and prepare me for business school applications. I am looking for someone to help me prep for the GMAT/GRE exams, ILETS English Exam, help with application essays, and professional interviews, etc. Someone who did not study business but is familiar with graduate school application processes, especially in the USA, UK, Australia, or Canada, would also be a great help.
3) Personal Assistant: I am looking for a secretary to assist me with clerical work organizing the documents relating to my hotel and life. I would like to organize my paper documents with digital tools, organize my time and tasks with a digital planner and calendar, and help me set long term goals. The ideal candidate is someone with strong organizational skills and experience with productivity technologies such as excel, iphone/laptop shortcuts, notion, etc.
4) Swimming: I am looking for someone to help me learn how to swim. Preferably, I am looking for adults who have significant experience with swimming (childhood swimming, competitive swimming, lifeguarding, etc) or someone who has expertise teaching children or adults how to swim. ! Some topics I would like help with are: getting comfortable in water, floating and water safety, breathing, freestyle/breaststroke/backstroke, and treading.
5) Programmer: I am looking for a web developer who can help build any of the following projects:
a personal CV website for me
- a business website for information and bookings for the hotel
- an internal tool to help manage room availabilities, inventory, expenses, payroll, etc.
I have little experience with web development, hosting, back-end, etc. so someone who can program independently is ideal.
6) Marketing specialist: I am are looking for a social media and marketing manager who can help me learn digital skills and help my business reach more audiences. Social media content creators like youtubers and photographers are great, but I would also like someone with expertise in business outreach and advertising.
I want help with:
- Social media content creation (How to edit videos, minimize video compression, and optimization for the social media algorithms)
- Google and Facebook ads
- Search engine optimization for my business
- Review online presence on review and booking sites (Maps, Yelp, Booking, Expedia)
Hotel Maintenance: I am looking for someone who can offer practical skills to help around the hotel: , carpenter, plumber, painter, etc.
Domestic labor: I would like someone to help with cleaning around the hotel, and gardening on the roof and balconies.Languages
Languages spoken
Arabic: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I am a native Egyptian (Arabic) and I speak fluent English. I would like to learn Spanish.Accommodation
The accommodation is a suite within my hotel. They're typically two bedrooms suites (two beds per bedroom - sleeping four in total) with a shared bathroom, kitchen, dining room, living quarters, and balcony. You will have your own bed and wardrobe and may be sharing the room or suite with fellow Workawayers or hotel staff.
During the summer season, the hotel is very busy and all rooms are full, so I may not be able to offer you a suite, but if you would like to come to help me during the summer months. I could provide you with a tent on the roof, the nights are very warm during the summer and you will still have access to the bathroom (shower) and kitchen facilities.
I will supply all Workawayers with two meals per day; breakfast, dinner. I travel a lot and I'm often away from Marsa Matruh, in this case, I will give a food budget to buy meals or arrange for one of my hotel staff to deliver food to your room. Your room within the hotel will also have a full kitchen, so you can cook and prepare your own food if you wish. If I am in Marsa Matruh, then we can eat together and I will introduce all my Workawayers to delicious Bedouin cuisine.
The minimum stay is two weeks it depending on work in the hotel. Also, I need workawayers to be flexible during busy days to switch rooms if needed.What else ...
Marsa Matrouh has beautiful beaches which are attended from all over the countries. If you come I will suggest you the best of them like Aguiba beach, Rumil beach and Cleopatra beach with its big historical story behind.
Marsa Matruh has something special in the winter and spring like quietness and being away from crowded places. You can visit the salt cave and the Bedouin village. Also we can go for a (zarda) which looks like a picnic in a Bedouin style, and gathering around the fire.
You can go for walks around the city and meet the locals.
Now let me tell you about a such good place , Siwa.
Siwa Oasis is a great adorable place you can visit , it is located in the deep desert of Matrouh , you are allowed to visit it in the weekends.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have a good Wifi connection and lots of office space for digital nomads to complete any work in my hotel.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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He was a great swimming student and made sure I didn't work too hard. he was very generous with his… read more
he is very skilled with social media, filming and editing.
Santi is very helpful and supportive. he is the type of person who would help as long as he can!.
He is very flexible which I appreciated a lot due to my busy schedule.
It was much pleasure hosting him and he is very recommended
Faraj is the person who will ignite your desire to explore new people and places. His insatiable interest in learning languages, experiences, and stories will show you how we can all be united. His warm hospitality will make you feel instantly part of his family. From the first minute, we felt welcomed. Faraj knows… read more
Mariana is very smart, active, helpful, supportive with a very open minded and full of ideas person.
She helped me a lot in my project, very flexible and even working more hours than she should do!. In spite of she is limited to working hours but she really cares a lot and never regretted accepting her as my… read more
With his enormous heart and hospitality, you'll feel right at home and never overwhelmed or pressured. He is very knowledgeable and willing to share insights about Bedouin and… read more
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He was a great swimming student and made sure I didn't work too hard. he was very generous with his… read more
he is very skilled with social media, filming and editing.
Santi is very helpful and supportive. he is the type of person who would help as long as he can!.
He is very flexible which I appreciated a lot due to my busy schedule.
It was much pleasure hosting him and he is very recommended
Faraj is the person who will ignite your desire to explore new people and places. His insatiable interest in learning languages, experiences, and stories will show you how we can all be united. His warm hospitality will make you feel instantly part of his family. From the first minute, we felt welcomed. Faraj knows… read more
Mariana is very smart, active, helpful, supportive with a very open minded and full of ideas person.
She helped me a lot in my project, very flexible and even working more hours than she should do!. In spite of she is limited to working hours but she really cares a lot and never regretted accepting her as my… read more
With his enormous heart and hospitality, you'll feel right at home and never overwhelmed or pressured. He is very knowledgeable and willing to share insights about Bedouin and… read more
لم يقتصر دوره على مجرد تنفيذ المهام المطلوبة، بل أسهم بشكلٍ فعَّال في تحسين خطتي الشخصية ورؤيتي للمستقبل بالتفاصيل. لقد ساعدني في تحسين لغتي الانجليزية ، لذلك انصح أي احد يريد تحسين مستوى لغته الانجليزية ، أنصحه ب "ڤين" .
"فين" يتمتع… read more
Faraj is the definition of a great host. Every breakfast and dinner, we would gather around the carpet share a traditional, family style Bedouin meal. In his free time, he would… read more
ME AND MY GILRDFRIEND HAD THE LUCK TO BE THERE WITH MORE PEOPLE AND WE ALL FEEL LIKE AT HOME ENJOYING THE HOSPITALITY OF THIS EGIPTIAAN HOSTER
ALL THE DINNERS AND CONVERSATIONS WHERE… read more
To my teacher and Friend Chantal thanks for everything..
Actually if I wanted to leave you a feedback maybe I can not be able to find the suitable words that really express my feelings ..
What I wanted to say that Chantal is one of the best workawayers I have met..
She is so kind and friendly… read more
The time spent at Marsa Matrouh was so much appreciated ! That was a very positive experience.
I am grateful for everything because my stay was most pleasant in his awesome hotel...
Sharing time in his company and with his friends was a singular… read more
he worked as requested and and was so good.
we spent some good days staying together , eating , enjoying tea, exchanging and doing some other activities.
As it was the season I was to busy to go out with him to go arroung the city or to visit beaches .
he is nice and good workawayer .
Firstly the large hotel tower block is located right in the center of the bustling amazing Masamaturah, which is central to so many amazing things; great vibe of a vibrant sea side city. Farajs hospitality is bar none, and the warmth he offers, in return for flexible work/ skills and offerings… read more
I am traveling for 3 years doing a volunteer projects and the experience in Marsa Matrouh was the best .
Faraj is a wonderful person! Very calm, friendly and professional. He offer everything that he describe. The hotel is very comfortable and in a amazing location. 7 minutes far from the beach!
Marsa… read more
1- because she likes horses very much like me.
2- She is a lawyer and likes the Law.
When she she came to my place I find a great personality full of positivity and kind heart.
We sat for hours and talked for a long time especially we have some interests in common.
Tuğba is one of the best… read more
She is a great person, friendly, funny and easy going..
For the work she did what is needed exactly and thanks for that.
We spent some good times which will be nice memories… read more
We were here… read more
firstly, I wanna say thank you for… read more
Facilities and food provided are highest quality ever, so we felt always comfortable and like home. You can manage your own time to work, and even there are many things to do in his place, the tasks are not… read more
She came in Ramadan month , and we spent some good times together, talking about traveling and about her experience in her trip to Tanzania ..
She worked good ,and did what I ordered to , like cleaning and some arrangements..
We enjoyed our time together and went… read more
Faraj’s a professional hotelier as well. He cares about his guests and does his best to make them feel as comfortable as possible.
His hotel is located near public transportation so it’s easy to get to the… read more
Also, they are super friendly and… read more
He works very… read more
I spend very good time with He and his friends, Abou, Abdullah, they makes me feel very welcome and one more of the team.
I was very lucky also because I had the chance to live in a very comfortable room and live… read more
He is an open-minded guy and he has experience in volunteering .. you give him the task and he will arrange his time and do his best. He helped in cleaning work and cleaned the rooftop also he did all the tasks I asked him to do.
He is friendly and so funny like you feel you want… read more
Don’t let this small profile information and few pictures tell you everything about Faraj and his hotel or the city “Marsa Matruh”
From the first… read more
Five Star Workawayer
Dan is a great Workawayer; he is polite, committed, sweet and would like to help. He worked for me helping with repair jobs around the hotel as well as managing the social media side of the business. He fits right into this fantastic working and travelling community. He is a great guy who radiates happiness and… read more
Five Star Workaway Host
So I was, Farah’s, first Workaway visitor and WOWZA, he was such a perfect host. Faraj is also a Workawayer himself and a very experienced Couchsurfer, so he can see the position from both sides and is just a first class man. Faraj in my opinion fits right into this fantastic working and travelling community.… read more