Fayed

Fayed is a city in the Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, with a population estimated at 32,500 people in 2018. It lies about 20 kilometres south of Ismailia on the western shore of the Great Bitter Lake, about halfway along the Suez Canal. Fayed was originally mainly a fishing village, and fish from the Bitter Lakes is particularly sought after in Egypt because of its quality. Agriculture on a larger scale only returned once the historic Ismailia Canal was dredged and flooded during the construction of the Suez Canal. During World War II several camps for German prisoners of war, members of the German Afrika Korps and units deployed in Italy and Greece, and interned German citizens were located in and around Fayed, each holding up to 15,000 people and known for bad conditions.