Fares Fares
Fares in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Date of Birth: 29 April, 1973
Ethnicity: Assyrian
Fares Fares is an Assyrian-Swedish actor, producer, and director.
Fares was born in Beirut, Lebanon, of Assyrian origin. In 1987, when he was fourteen years old, his family moved to Sweden to escape the Lebanese Civil War, residing in Örebro, where they had relatives. His brother is director Josef Fares. Fares is married to Clara Hallencreutz.
On his religion, Fares has said, “I’m not a Muslim. I was born Christian.” He often plays Middle Eastern characters. He speaks Swedish, Arabic, and English.
How are Assyrian-descendants be tagged as “Arab”? They are Christians and speak Aramaic.
Fares is a fairly Arabic name.
It’s not quite as simple as Andrew is portraying it. Some Assyrians don’t mind the association; some even consider themselves under that larger umbrella if even Assyrian first. In this case, it’s even more complicated because the profile says that Fares speaks Arabic, but does not say if he speaks Assyrian.
@follers
Yes, Fares is a very Arabic name.