ZAYN MALIK
EARLY LIFE
Zayn Malik was born Zain Javadd Malik on 12 January 1993 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, to an immigrant Pakistani Muslim father, Yaser Malik, and a White British mother of English and Irish descent, Trisha Malik (née Brannan), who converted to Islam upon marriage. Malik has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. He had an Islamic upbringing. Raised as a Muslim, Malik speaks English and Urdu and can read Arabic. Malik grew up in East Bowling, Bradford, in a working-class family and neighborhood.