Interesting tidbit, the charactar Ashur who they call “the Syrian” on the TV series Spartacus (and who is probably the most hated character on the show) used to live in Kuwait back in the 80s. His real name is Emad Tarabay. I tried to get more details like what school he attended but he wouldn’t share any details with me.
Update: I am aware Emad is originally Lebanese, but on the show they call him “the Syrian”.
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“probably the most hated character used to live in Kuwait back in the 80s” !! Why?!
why he’s hated on the show or why he used to live in kuwait?
haha you have fixed it 🙂 it was as what i have quoted from you! I know he is the most hated character on the show 🙂
Mark: Where did u talk to him?
twitter and facebook
he looks like “shaheen” or “hariri” student to me 😛
How did you know he use to live in Kuwait?
someone on twitter told me so i asked him he said yes so i asked him when he said in the 80s.
Well they killed him off in the last episode.
ASSHOLE! SPOILER ALERTS NEXT TIME PLEASE! Some people haven’t got there yet.
Umm…what? The series has been over for a long, long time.
The most recent Spartacus finished just this past season so its not a long time.
Doesn’t matter when it finished!
another show ruined. Oh yay.
Oh Burhan, dude why?
I didn’t realize that people hadn’t seen the show? Last episode was end of March.
Not everyone keeps up with every TV show that’s on whenever. Some of us save TV shows for later. I assumed it’s common Internet courtesy not to spoil random shows on the Internet anyways, guess not!
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I know im litterly years late but that fucking Ashur aka the syrian was the character i hated the most so much of a weasel a rat bastard and trecherous traitor who was so fuking adamant on bringing down spartacus and the gang. He escaped death so many times it hurt my soul and correction he didnt die on the last episode lol it was close to it but not the last one oh and what a beauty of a death at the hands of the woman hes wronged the most. Point blank i hated the site of him
wiki says that he’s Lebanese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_E._Tarabay
i know he is
loool… lebanese not syrian
He’s called “The Syrian” on Spartacus. I wasn’t referring to his nationality in the title but his name on the show.
btw he’s lebanese not syrian
I know as I already mentioned he is CALLED the Syrian in the show
haha, old news mark.
Dude on imdb it says he is lebanese not syrian
Seriously?
Lmao!
bro hes lebanese not syrian loooooooooooool
Just so you guys know, “Syrian” is just his given alias on the show. He is in fact Lebanese, not Syrian. Mark you should correct your post because it’s misleading. He is not really Syrian and your post implies that he is. He is actually Lebanese and they just call him “The Syrian” on the show. So you should clarify that because I am sure other people will call you out on it so heads up bro because he is Lebanese and not Syrian. Lebanese.
It says on the topic – “The Syrian from Spartacus”, I think anyone who has seen the show will know what Mark is talking about.
If you want to complain, complain to HBO. I’m sure they’ll get RIGHT ON IT.
He is Lebanese, not Syrian.
The post is not about his nationality; its about the character he plays on the show.
Spartacus is on Starz not HBO
Wow. Is everyone retarted today?
In Spartacus, Nick plays a character named Ashur who is Syrian.
Besides that, Lebanese did not exist at that time. They were Phonecians.
Can’t wait for War of the Damned…
No but he’s Lebanese bro. He is only Syrian, in the show. In real life he is Lebanese and I think you should know that because he is Lebanese and not Syrian. They only call him “The Syrian” on the show but in reality he probably never set foot in Syria and because he’s Lebanese. So it’s a little confusing but the point being made here is that he’s Lebanese.
You are the only one that’s confused.
I was trolling you https://play.esea.net/global/media_preview.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.starcraftmazter.net%2F4chan%2Ffor_forums%2Ftroll_thread.jpg
Typo *retarded
But seriously, why’d he call him The Syrian when he’s so clearly Lebanese?
then why didn’t they call him the Phoenician?
My theory is that they thought it sounded extremely gay.
care to expand?
Hes Lebanese…not Syrian!
So he’s Kuwaiti and used to live in Syria in the 80s? Or Lebanon? Confusing post bro.
What is this I don’t even Lebanese or either Syrian for that matter but that’s like your opinion man.
In the actual show he is from ASSYRIA which at the time compromised different parts of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, etc.. So actually he is Lebanese acting as an ASSYRIAN not SYRIAN.
So again hes Lebanese… not Syrian
Cant believe you are still argueing whether he is lebanese or syrian who used to live in Kuwait
End of debate
btw hes lebanese not syrian. just sayin
The best hot debate ever, btw i clearly got the info from the post as intended since the first place and im not watching the series, however, what im/was expecting to see in the comments is someone saying that he/she meet him somewhere here in kuwait back then.
Is it too late to mention that he’s Lebanese and not Syrian?
Or have people already mentioned that like 60 times?
LOL !
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The comments here remind me of this.
https://static.fjcdn.com/comments/First+result+on+Google+_8b092e0052efdd1e29b9e717b656aad2.jpg.
We get it, he’s Lebanese not Ryan. Ugh, we really do get it.