Habiba Ahmed is the sister of Iqra Ahmed, granddaughter of Arshad and Mariam Ahmed, the niece of Masood Ahmed and the mother of Tyrion Ahmed. She made her first appearance on 19 February 2019 and last appearance on 22 October 2020, and is portrayed by Rukku Nahar.
Storylines[]
Habiba arrived in Albert Square along with her sister, Iqra. The pair almost immediately spelt trouble, and soon settled into Walford life. The two sisters came in search of their uncle Masood and his half-owned restaurant Walford East. Little did they know upon their arrival that Masood was planning to leave the luxury life of Walford behind for a new life in Australia with his son Tamwar and his soon to be wife, Nancy Carter.
Habiba and Iqra were stunned when they found out that Masood was giving up his half of the restaurant seeing as they had their plans for the business. After ducking and diving into devious tricks, the two girls persuaded Masood to let them look after his half of the company for them, and the two girls were left in charge as Masood jetted off for Australia.
Habiba reconnects with Adam, a former foster-child of her grandparents, who is dating Honey Mitchell. It becomes clear that Adam and Habiba had a previous sexual relationship, and that Adam had taken advantage of Habiba's youth and naivety. The relationship had been kept secret. Habiba flirts with Adam and the two pick up their "affair". Adam continually promises that he'll break things off with Honey to be with Habiba, however never follows through. After seeing them together at his 60th birthday, Billy informs Lola Pearce of the affair. The latter befriends Habiba under the guise of doing her nails, to get her to confess to the relationship. After several outings and growing suspicion from Iqra, Habiba realizes what Lola is doing.
After a comically rocky start, Habiba begins a relationship with Jags Panesar just before the 2020 lockdown. This relationship causes tension with Jags' family as Habiba is Muslim and Jags is Sikh. The relationship is the reason Suki Panesar falsely tells the police that Jags attacked Martin Fowler (when it was actually her other son, Vinny). Jags is sent to prison and Habiba leaves the square in October 2020. She was pregnant with Jags' child who was born in summer 2021, away from Walford. Habiba named her son Tyrion. In January 2022, Ash leaves walford to stay with Habiba and Tyrion.