Doniya Malik: Facts About Zayn’s Sister

Doniya Malik is the sister of singer-songwriter Zayn Malik. Doniya Malik’s brother Zayn was a member of the boy band One Direction alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan. Zayn left One Direction and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records. 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.

Doniya Malik: Bio Summary

Who Is Zayn’s Sister, Doniya Malik?

Doniya Malik was welcomed into the world on April 19, 1992, in Bradford, England. As of 2023, she is 31 years of age. She is the daughter of Yaser Malik and Trisha Malik (née Brannan). Her father is an immigrant Pakistani Muslim while her mother is a White British of English and Irish descent. Her mother converted to Islam after marrying her father.

Doniya is the oldest child of her parents. She has three younger siblings, a brother, and two sisters. Her brother is Zain Javadd Malik professionally known as Zayn Malik or simply Zayn. She has two sisters Waliyha Malik and Safaa Malik. She and her siblings grew up in a working-class family and neighborhood. They had an Islamic upbringing.

Doniya Malik and her siblings are very close to each other. Doniya is older than her brother Zayn but Zayn is very protective of her. She once said, “Because me and Zayn are very close in age, we’ve grown up together… Actually he bosses me around, he acts like a big protective brother which is quite nice at times.” Doniya has spoken about how Zayn’s fame has affected the family.

Doniya Malik has confessed that her brother’s fame has changed their lives a lot. She revealed “there’s more opportunities that you never thought you’d get to do. She is a well-educated person. She attended Tong High School and attended the University of Bradford. She is into beauty and fashion. After graduating from college, she chose to be involved in fashion.

Doniya is a beauty and fashion blogger. She desired to find success with her beauty blog. “I’ve always been into makeup, from a young age I’ve been creative and artistic and I’m a YouTube junkie so I get all my tips and tricks from there,” she said. She has reportedly set up a website under the name Doniyabeauty, which is currently used to market Armani products.

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In 2016, Doniya and her sister Waliyha alongside their mother Trisha set up a beauty salon called Waliyha Beauty in Bradford. Their website has it that they provide a broad range of services, including bridal hair and makeup, party hair and makeup, yumi lash lift, semi-perm lash extensions, eyebrow and facial threading, waxing, manicures, facials, pedicures, acrylic nails, and spray tans.

Doniya founded her own website called Sparkle Rockchick. She and her sister Waliyha have established their beauty product line called “Daliyha Beauty.” In the year 2018, they came out with their signature line of eyelashes named ‘Slay That Sister.’ Doniya is also a social media star. She has gained several fans and followers on her various social media handles, especially Instagram.

Doniya Malik is said to have been working as a customer service advisor for a leading electric supplier and gas at the time, where her job was mainly on dealing with general inquiries. Doniya doesn’t like to share details of her personal life with the public. She has decided not to share any information regarding her romantic relationships.

It is unknown if Doniya Malik is in any relationship. There is no assurance that the beautiful Doniya is single. She might have a partner but prefers to keep it away from the spotlight. As for her famous brother Zayn, he has been involved in romantic relationships with celebrities. He dated English singer Perrie Edwards. The two were in love with each other and even got engaged.

Unfortunately, things didn’t work out between Zayn and Perrie. They ended their relationship sooner than expected. Zayn has also been involved in an on-again, off-again relationship with American model and television personality Gigi Hadid. Zayn and Gigi have a daughter called Khai Hadid Malik. Speaking of fatherhood Zayn said in an interview:

“Honestly, it’s amazing. A lot of people that I was speaking to, obviously before she was born and stuff, were like, ‘It’s a big adjustment, and it’s going to be a massive change and stuff’. But honestly, she’s an amazing baby. It’s been really easy for me and Gigi to kind of just ease into it, I guess. She kind of made it easy for us. She sleeps really well, she loves her milk.”

“It’s just feeding and changing diapers at the minute. It’s wicked. I’m enjoying it, for sure,” he adds. Zayn mentioned that he “didn’t expect to be quite so into” being a father, recalling that before the baby he was always “into myself, doing my own thing.” He now can’t get enough of his time with his beloved daughter Khai.

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“I had time for my relationship and stuff, too, but it was still solely about me,” he explains. “The fact that she’s been so easy to just adjust to has been surprising to me because I just love spending my days with her, hanging out with her, just doing really relaxing, chill stuff. Just watching kid shows on TV, on Netflix, learning nursery rhymes, just rolling around with her and singing to her.”

“It’s a really different pace of life, but it’s been really easy to adjust to, for sure,” says Zayn. “I think that’s the most surprising thing.”