Gigi Hadid mocked for calling British-Pakistani boyfriend Zayn Malik 'middle eastern'

Pakistan is not in the Middle-East, Gigi.

Zayn Malik's fans have decided to take it upon themselves to give his girlfriend Gigi Hadid a Geography lesson after she awkwardly referred to him as "half middle-eastern."

Speaking to Gulf news during a recent trip to Dubai, Gigi said, "When someone comes up to me and they tell me, 'I'm Palestinian' and we make a connection, it's beautiful. My boyfriend is also half Middle Eastern. It's just a connection that you make that's really cool. It's hard to explain but you feel like you're amongst [your] people."



Zayn, who is Bradford born isn't Middle Eastern. His father Yaser Malik, is British Pakistani, while his mother Tricia, is British, with Irish heritage. The Middle East comprises of Western Asia and Egypt, whereas Pakistan is situated in Southern Asia.



We may let this one go but Twitter will always be unforgiving. Here are a few reactions to Gigi's naivety:

https://twitter.com/BasicBilal/status/786703960321163265
https://twitter.com/ShadowhuntZarry/status/786178497731592192
https://twitter.com/LiveLikeJuni/status/786556198015365120
https://twitter.com/ninkamamulashvi/status/786328019258474496
https://twitter.com/anthonypermal/status/785757907530948608
https://twitter.com/sansaslady/status/785940983040966657

It's funny that Gigi Hadid thinks Pakistan is in the middle east bc the only awards Zayn has ever won are from Asian diaspora organizations

— Gatsby (@javeria) October 12, 2016

Gigi actually said Zayn is half middle eastern??? She's so embarrassing... Pakistan is not in the Middle East 🙄

— ☁️💜 m⁷ 🍉 (@mhbaozi) October 12, 2016

Learn your GI-eography!

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