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Daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mahathir is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Marina.

Datin PadukaMarina binti Tun Dr. Mahathir (born 11 May 1957) (Jawi: مرينة بنت محاضر) is a Malaysian socio-political activist and writer. She is the eldest child of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad and Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali. She graduated from the University of Sussex.

Career

Marina is a dynamic leader in many non-governmental organizations such as the Malaysian AIDS Foundation and is an active socio-political blogger. She also writes in her bi-weekly column called Musings in The Star newspaper since 1989. Some of her pieces in the column have been published in her books such as 50 Days: Rantings by MM, published in 1997 and Telling It Straight, published in 2012 by Editions Didier Millet. The latter is a selection of her articles published in her column between 2003 and 2012. It includes a foreword by Dr Farish A. Noor, a local political scientist and historian. It contains 90 articles which are written thematically including a special written introduction on the topics discussed in the book. It also includes two previously unpublished articles.

She is an active campaigner for women's rights. In 2006 she has described the status of Muslim women in Malaysia as similar to that of the Black South Africans under apartheid.

Marina has called for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientations in 1998 and 1999.

She had appeared in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's Documentary released in late 2009 with the rest of the members of the Mahathir Family.

In 2010, she was awarded UN Person of The Year for her volunteer work in combatting HIV/AIDS.

In 2016 Marina de

DATIN Paduka Marina Mahathir is a renowned and often controversial Malaysian activist, writer, and commentator. She has worked in a variety of fields, from heading the Malaysian AIDS Council, to kicking off the successful feminist television programme 3R, to holding a bi-weekly column in The Star. She is currently a board member for Muslim women’s organisation Sisters in Islam.

But controversy surrounds Marina also because of her lineage — she is the eldest child of Malaysia’s longest serving and controversial Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In this exclusive interview with The Nut Graph in Kuala Lumpur on 23 March 2010, Marina talks about her childhood, her roots, and the Malaysia she wants to see in the future. The first version of this interview was published exclusively in Volume 1 of Found in Malaysia.

TNG: When and where were you born?

Marina Mahathir: I was born in Alor Setar, in 1957. I am just two months older than the country. [I was born in the] Alor Setar General Hospital and so were all my siblings.

We used to live in Jalan Maxwell. At the back [were] the padi fields and the railway road. We lived [in the government quarters] until I was 10.

We [then] moved to Jitra, [and we lived in government quarters] because [my mum] was the civil servant; my dad went into private practice quite early. In 1968 or 1969, we moved into our own house in Titi Gajah.

Did the violence of 13 May 1969 touch Alor Setar?

As far as I recall there were no riots. But there was fear. I remember the elections. I remember asking my dad, “So, did you win?” And he said, “No, I lost.” And I couldn’t believe it, because at that time he ran in Kota Setar Selatan. He lost to (former PAS chief) Haji Yusuf Rawa, who happens to be my mum’s cousin, [but] not a first cousin.

So you are related to PAS central committee member Muhajid Yusof Rawa?

Yes. But it’s not like we’ve ev

GEORGE TOWN : Prominent social activist Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir (pix) was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Letters degree at Wawasan Open University's (WOU) 5th convocation ceremony today.
The award was presented by WOU Chancellor Tun Mohamed Dzaidin Abdullah.
Speaking to reporters after the first session of the ceremony , Marina expressed her appreciation for being conferred the honorary degree by the university.
" For someone who only has a first degree many years ago, it is a great honour to receive this degree.
" It is nice to get recognised, considering all the issues that I have been fighting for all this years", she said.
Marina was born in Alor Star, Kedah, in 1957. She received her early education there and earned her bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex , Brighton in the United Kingdom in 1979.
In 1997 Marina was awarded the Honorary Master of Arts degree by University Science Malaysia (USM) at its 26th Convocation ceremony.
This is the first time WOU has conferred honorary degrees to women at its convocation.
Marina who came to the convocation ceremony with her family said that with the conferment, she hopes that more women in Malaysia will be recognised for their achievements in their respective fields.
The second recipient of the award was Professor Dr Tian Belawati from Indonesia who has contributed much to the field of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) education.
Tian said that this is the first honorary degree she has received, and was honoured for the recognition from WOU.
A well known figure in the field of international higher education, particularly for her work with ODL, Tian has received several awards and accolades internationally and regionally.
She is the rector of Universitas Terbuka (UT) , Indonesia, which serves about 500 students residing in Indonesia and overseas and is now serving her second term since taking office in 200