Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik

 Zain Javaad Malik was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is 19 years old and his birthday is on January 12, 1993. His father is Pakistani and his mother is English, so Zayn is British Pakistani. He also has 3 sisters, Doniya, Waliyha, and Safaa. 

Zayn grew up in East Bowling, and attended 3 schools before he felt comfortable going there. He says he was bullied at school because of his race/ethnicity. The third school he and his sister moved to, they felt much more accepted and confident in themselves and they started embracing their ethnicity.

Zayn likes urban music and, in his younger years, liked R&B and rap music. Like other members of One Direction, he also likes Bruno Mars. 

Although Zayn is addicted to smoking cigarettes, he has expressed his desire to stop in 2011.