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| Birth name | Jordan Haj Hossein |
| Born | 1 October 1988 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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Jordan Haj Hossein (born 1 October 1988 in Prague) is a Czech musician and actor.
Jordan Haj | |
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| Haj in 2021 | |
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| Birth name | Jordan Haj Hossein |
| Born | 1 October 1988 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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Jordan Haj Hossein (born 1 October 1988 in Prague) is a Czech musician and actor.
Haj was born on 1 October 1988 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was born to a Czech mother and an Arab Palestinian father living in Israel, his parents met while studying medicine in Prague. [1] He grew up in Karlovy Vary until he was almost ten years old, then moved with his father to Akko in northern Israel. He moved back to his native Czech Republic to enrol at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 2010, majoring in drama. In 2015, he successfully completed his studies. [2]
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