Waliyha Malik: Who Is Zayn's Sister?

Waliyha Malik is the sister of British singer-songwriter Zayn Malik, simply known as Zayn. Waliyha’s brother Zayn was a member of the boy band One Direction but he left the group in March 2015 before the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. After quitting the band, he has focused on his solo career and has released several albums and singles.

Waliyha Malik: Bio Summary

Who Is Zayn’s Sister, Waliyha Malik?

Waliyha Malik was born on July 23, 1998, in Bradford, England. She is 25 years old as of 2023. Her mother is Trisha Malik (née Brannan) and her father is Yaser Malik. Her mother is British of English and Irish descent while her father is an immigrant Pakistani Muslim. Her mother converted to Islam after she married her father.

Waliyha has two sisters and one brother. Her sisters are Doniya Malik and Safaa Malik and her brother is Zayn Malik. She and her siblings had an Islamic upbringing. “I made sure the children went to the mosque. Zayn has read the Koran three times,” Waliyha’s mother Trisha said of her children’s upbringing. Trisha worked as a halal chef in the kitchen of a local primary school.

Waliyha’s mother Trisha made meals for Muslim children however, she quit her job after Waliyha’s famous brother Zayn advised. “Zayn said ‘you don’t have to do this anymore’. Instead, he puts my wage into my bank,” Trisha said. Waliyha is said to have completed her schooling at Tong High School. She studied childcare at college. Waliyha is an independent woman.

Waliyha Malik is an entrepreneur. She and her sister Doniya Malik alongside their mother Trisha Malik started a beauty salon that provided services including hairstyles, make-up, and lashes. She and Doniya have also started a beauty product line named Daliyha Beauty. The sisters blog about fashion and make-up. Waliyha has supported her brother Zayn’s successful music career.

Waliyha even guest-starred in the music video for the track, ‘Story of My Life’, which was released in 2013 as part of One Direction’s album, ‘Midnight Memories’. She is also a social media influencer and has several followers on her social media handles, especially Instagram. Zayn auditioned for the British music competition The X Factor as a solo contestant but he ended up in a group known as One Direction.

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The famous boy band One Direction became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. In March 2015, Zayn left the group and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records. He released his debut studio album Mind of Mine (2016), one year after he left One Direction. He has enjoyed success in his solo career and has even received several accolades.

Zayn is known for hit songs such as “Pillowtalk”, “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”, “Dusk Till Dawn”, “Wrong”, and “Like I Would”. He has featured well-known entertainers including Taylor Swift and Sia. He has received an American Music Award and an MTV Video Music Award. He is the only artist to have won the Billboard Music Award for New Artist of the Year twice, once as a member of One Direction and as a soloist.

Waliyha Malik’s Father Didn’t Attend Her Wedding

Waliyha Malik got married to Junaid Khan in 2020, during the lockdown in a beautiful traditional Islamic ceremony. However, Waliyha’s father Yaser Malik refused to attend the wedding because he did not approve of his daughter’s husband who is an ex-convict. The wedding happened in Waliyha’s sister Safaa’s garden. Zayn also didn’t attend Waliyha’s wedding.

According to Daily Mail, Waliyha’s husband Junaid was jailed in 2017 ‘for five years for a carjacking incident while in 2014 he was sentenced to 15 months in a young offender’s institution, suspended for two years, for his involvement in a family dispute that led to a relative being stabbed.’ Waliyha and her ex-convict husband Junaid have welcomed a son.

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Waliyha took to Instagram to announce the good news. She wrote: ‘Welcome to the world my beautiful beautiful baby boy Ehsaan Zayaan Khan I never thought it was possible to love anyone as much as I love you Alhamdulillah for you 1000000x my biggest blessing Allah could ever bless me with.’ Waliyha and her husband Junaid appear to be enjoying a blissful married life.

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