Al-Masri was transferred to hospital in Jabal Al-Zaitun, in Zarqa Arab audiences knew him for his role in bedouin-style TV series “Namr bin Edwan” AMMAN: Yasser Al-Masri, a leading Jordanian actor, was killed in a car crash on Thursday night in the Zarqa Governorate, east of Amman. Al-Masri was transferred to hospital in Jabal Al-Zaitun, in Zarqa, but passed away upon arrival, according to local news reports. Head of The Jordanian Actors Syndicate, Hussein Al-Khateeb, confirmed Al-Masri had died in the accident in Makkah district in Zarqa. “With his death the Jordanian art had lost one of its main pillars, who had a significant presence on the local and Arab arenas,” Al-Khateeb said. Al-Masri was born in Kuwait in 1970, where he attended school. He graduated from the Jordanian Music Academy. Arab audiences knew him for his role in bedouin-style TV series “Namr bin Edwan” where he played the main role. He also acted in several Arab TV series in Ramadan 2018, such as “Haroon Al-Rasheed” with Syrian actor Qusay Khouli, and “Amr Waq’ea” with Egyptian actor Kareem Fahmy.