51 Facts About Sayid Jarrah

Sayid Hassan Jarrah is a fictional character from the ABC show Lost portrayed by Naveen Andrews.

Sayid Jarrah served in the Gulf War and was captured by the USmilitary.

Sayid Jarrah was the only one in his unit who spoke English so he was told to extract information from his captured commanding officer.

Sayid Jarrah met Kelvin Inman who was working for military intelligence at the time.

Later Sayid Jarrah served as a coercive interrogator for the Guard for 5 years.

Seven years later, in England, Sayid Jarrah is picked up by ASIS and the CIA.

Sayid Jarrah accepts, and is dropped off in Australia, where he meets with his former college roommate, Essam, from Cairo University.

Sayid Jarrah convinces Essam to become a suicide bomber in order for the intelligence to take possession of the stolen explosives.

At the last moment Sayid Jarrah admits that he is working with the CIA, and attempts to allow his friend to escape; Essam realizes that Sayid Jarrah has deceived him over a woman, and kills himself.

Sayid Jarrah tries to locate the message's origin, but is knocked out by Locke.

When Shannon suffers from a near-fatal asthma attack, Sayid Jarrah brutally interrogates Sawyer in an attempt to recover Shannon's medication.

Sayid Jarrah identifies the Others as the carriers of a sickness that her companions caught.

That night, Sayid Jarrah tells Locke to take him to the hatch.

Sayid Jarrah surmises that Rousseau intends to attempt an exchange of Claire's baby for her own child, Alex, with the "Others".

Sayid Jarrah then frees Sayid, drops her weapon, and dares Sayid to take his revenge, but he refuses.

Some time later, Danielle takes Sayid Jarrah to a man she captured, who she suspects is an Other.

Sayid Jarrah frees the man and brings him to the hatch, and tells Locke about him.

Sayid Jarrah tries to find out more by torturing Henry, until he is stopped by Jack.

When he learns of Michael's return, and the deaths of Ana Lucia and Libby, Sayid Jarrah tells Jack that he suspects Michael has been "compromised", and plans to follow him somehow.

Sayid Jarrah asks Jin to accompany him, but Sun insists on joining them.

The only Iraqi in his squad who can speak English, Sayid Jarrah is forced to ask his superior officer about a missing US pilot by Kate Austen's father, Sam Austen, who was part of the American army stationed in Iraq.

When Sayid Jarrah learns of a planned attack on his home village, his head captor, Kelvin Inman forces Sayid Jarrah to torture his superior officer to gain the information of the missing pilot, who he learns was executed earlier.

Sayid Jarrah enters the basement of the Flame, and takes some maps of the different stations.

Sayid Jarrah is then gassed the next day, released only when Juliet discovers him.

Sayid Jarrah is soon informed of Naomi's presence, and after speaking to her begins to question her; he is soon taken aback when she gives him her satellite phone, having expected her to have no way to contact her boat.

The next day, Sayid Jarrah is taken into the jungle, where Jack and Juliet come clean and reveal their secretive plans to destroy the Others.

When Karl warns them of their imminent arrival, Sayid Jarrah remains on the beach to detonate the dynamite, along with Jin and Bernard.

Sayid Jarrah travelled to Paris, where he worked as a chef.

Some time later, Sayid Jarrah is taken prisoner and locked in the pantry.

Sayid Jarrah goes out to hunt for more of the people who crashed on the helicopter.

Sayid Jarrah then makes a trade with Locke for Charlotte, whom he brings back to Jack and the helicopter.

Later they find Michael Dawson, who tells Sayid Jarrah that he is a spy.

At a press conference held by Oceanic Airlines Sayid Jarrah is finally reunited with Nadia, and some time later the two get married.

However, his and Nadia's happiness is abruptly cut short when she is killed, and Sayid Jarrah decides to hold her funeral in their home country.

Sayid Jarrah is later visited by Locke who asks him to return with him to the Island, but he refuses.

In Los Angeles, Sayid Jarrah kills a man who was staked out in front of the Santa Rosa Mental Hospital, and breaks Hurley out of the mental institution.

Sayid Jarrah is wounded in a fight at his motel, and Hurley takes him home and has his father get Jack to treat Sayid Jarrah.

Sayid Jarrah reappears in "Follow the Leader" as Jack, Kate, Richard, Eloise Hawking, a younger Charles Widmore, and an unnamed Other are walking through the jungle towards the hydrogen bomb "Jughead".

However; they are discovered by Roger Linus, and Sayid Jarrah is shot in the ensuing chaos.

Sayid Jarrah is last seen in the Dharma van with Hurley and Miles, who state that Sayid Jarrah will probably die from his wounds.

Sayid Jarrah is then taken by Dogen to be 'tested' and is branded.

When Ilana's group rushes in to rescue the "candidates", Ben attempts to coax Sayid Jarrah to leaving with them, but Sayid Jarrah sinisterly replies otherwise.

Sayid Jarrah agrees, but by this time he mentions he is devoid of any emotion: pain, happiness, etc.

Sayid Jarrah waits in the sidelines for a few moments, and then he kills several of Widmore's men and has Desmond follow him.

When Widmore's team threatens to waylay their camp with artillery shells, the Man in Black orders everyone to start leaving and asks Sayid Jarrah to kill Desmond.

The Man in Black plants a bomb in Jack's knapsack in order to kill the candidates, and Sayid Jarrah later participates in the group's betrayal of the Man in Black.

Sayid Jarrah tells Jack where to find Desmond and then sacrifices himself to save the others, taking the bomb and running as it explodes.

Keamy tries to get him to pay Omer's debt, but Sayid Jarrah uses one of the men as a human shield then shoots Keamy and the other henchman.

Sayid Jarrah was not in the original draft of the pilot episode, but the producers knew early on that they wanted an international cast.

When reviewing the series finale, Sady Doyle of Slant noted Sayid Jarrah's declining role on Lost from "awesome" to "dispensable" in comparison to the white male characters as the series drew to a close.

Sayid Jarrah noted the "subversive" nature of an Iraqi soldier in a series regular role 18 months after the US declared war on Iraq.