Zainab Masood
| Zainab Masood | |||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Nina Wadia | ||||||||
| Duration | 2007–2013 | ||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3399 16 July 2007 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 4584 8 February 2013 |
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| Created by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||
| Spin-off appearances |
EastEnders: E20 (2010–2011) "East Street" (2010) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Other names | Zainab Khan | ||||||||
| Occupation | Post Office owner Caterer Restaurateur Shop assistant |
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| Husband |
Yusef Khan (backstory, 2011) Masood Ahmed (until 2011) |
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| Sons |
Syed Masood Tamwar Masood Kamil Masood |
| Daughters | Shabnam Masood |
| Granddaughters | Yasmin Masood |
Zainab Masood (also Khan) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nina Wadia. She made her first appearance on 16 July 2007. Zainab is the mother of Syed (Marc Elliott), Shabnam (Zahra Ahmadi/Rakhee Thakrar), Tamwar (Himesh Patel) and Kamil Masood (Arian Chikhlia). She is the wife of Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), who divorces her, and of Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), who abuses her and is killed, leaving her a widow. Wadia quit her role in 2012 and departed 8 February 2013.
Born and raised in Pakistan, Zainab brought shame upon her family when she had an affair with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), while married to Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti). As punishment, Zainab was set on fire by Yusef and his family. Masood rescued her and she divorced her husband to marry Masood, joining him in the UK, where they had three children, Syed (Marc Elliott), Shabnam (Zahra Ahmadi; later Rakhee Thakrar) and Tamwar (Himesh Patel). Family members still treated Zainab with contempt however, particularly her brother-in-law Inzamam Ahmed (Paul Bhattacharjee). Inzamam pestered her to sleep with him for years: he considered her a "fallen woman". The Masoods ran their own business until 2004, when Syed stole from the family, nearly bankrupting them. Masood initially took the blame and banished him from their lives to save Zainab's feelings. The Masoods decided on a career change, working in the postal service.
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