Anila Baig

Anila Baig
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Bradford, England
OccupationJournalist

Anila Baig (born 1970 in Bradford) is a British Feature Writer for The Sun.

Early life and education

Anila Baig is of Pakistani descent.[1] She was born in 1970 in the city of Bradford, where she was raised. Baig had her first column published in the local newspaper at the age of 16. She then went on to study English at the university and trained as a teacher.[2]

Career

Baig began working as a journalist in 1998, when she joined the Telegraph & Argus newspaper as a trainee reporter, before moving to Yorkshire Post as a columnist.[3] In addition to writing news reports, she also started a weekly column. She joined The Sun in 2004,[3] where she writes a weekly column and commententaries. She has also served as a TV previewer for the paper. She has also written opinion pieces for and has featured in The Mirror.[4][5][6]

In 2005, she helped film a documentary for Channel 4 on the history of Islam in Britain.[7]

In the early 2020s, she co-authored a report on the lives of young British Muslims.[8] Her contributions to the report focused on how youth connected to their families and friends, suggesting many Muslim youth felt a disconnect between how they presented themselves to their family versus their friends.[9]

Awards

  • 2004 Press Gazette Regional Columnist of the Year[7]
  • Asian Women of Achievement awards finalist[10]
  • 2007 Muslim Power 100[11]

Personal life

Baig is Muslim[11] and previously wore hijab.[7][3] She raised her son as a single mother.[1][12]

In 2006, she was signed up by Virgin Books to write a memoir.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Abbas, Faisal (2005-06-26). "A Chat with the Sun's Anila Baig". Asharq Al-Awsat. London. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Our debate experts". BBC News.
  3. 1 2 3 "Muslim columnist trades Yorkshire Pudding for Currant Bun shocker!". The Independent. 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  4. ↑ Smith, Mikey (2015-11-23). "No, 1 in 5 British Muslims doesn't have sympathy with ISIS. Here's why..." mirror. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. ↑ Smith, Mikey (2019-05-15). "Government set to reject calls to define Islamophobia as a kind of racism". mirror. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. ↑ Baig, Anila (2019-03-16). "Anila Baig: 'That some want to kill us for simply existing fills me with terror'". mirror. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  7. 1 2 3 "A writer who just Baigs to differ". Lancashire Telegraph. 2005-11-24. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  8. ↑ "The Inner Lives of Troubled Young Muslims". Oxford Literary Festival. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  9. ↑ "Young British Muslims are 'suffocated leading double lives' and 'angry at racism'". Asian Image. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  10. ↑ "Meco Annual Conference - 2005". Archived from the original on February 19, 2010.
  11. 1 2 "Muslim top 100 list is published". BBC News. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  12. ↑ Baig, Anila (2011-06-17). "Where are Britain's modern mosques?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  13. ↑ Dowell, Ben (2006-12-20). "Sun TV columnist inks book deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-17.


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