Zainab 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), whom she divorces and later 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.