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Afia Masood (previously Khan) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Meryl Fernandes. Afia appeared in five episodes between 29 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 and returned on 18 November 2010. This is Fernandes’ second role in EastEnders her first being a schoolgirl in 1993. Due to Fernandes’ character initially being a guest the character was not announced. Afia was introduced as a love interest for Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel).