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"EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra has reflected that Zainab&amp;#039;s departure from Walford is &amp;quot;painful&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;extremely sad&amp;quot;. The actor&amp;#039;s alter ego Masood splits with his wife Zainab in emotional scenes to air next Thursday.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s painful and extremely sad,&amp;quot; Ganatra told the Daily Star. &amp;quot;Masood loves Zainab but the relationship just isn&amp;#039;t making him happy.&amp;quot; Nina Wadia, who announced her decision to quit the soap in December, will bow out as Zainab in next Friday&amp;#039;s episode. Ganatra recently admitted that Wadia has left a &amp;quot;big hole&amp;quot; on set since filming her final scenes. He confessed: &amp;quot;I really do miss her - we worked together for five years intensely and we had a really good rapport.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; EastEnders Nina Wadia suggested Syed gay storyline "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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