What is Marina Mahathir?
[[File:Marina Mahathir.jpg|thumb|Marina Mahathir]] Datin Paduka '''Marina binti Mahathir''' (born 9 June 1957) is a Malaysian socio-political [[activist]] and [[writer]]. She graduated from the University of Sussex. She is the eldest child of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, [[Mahathir Mohamad]]. ==Career== [[File:Mahathir Mohamad and Siti Hasmah with their child Marina Mahathir.jpg|thumb|The photo taken one month after Marina was born in June 1957]] She is a leader in many [[non-governmental organization]]s. She is a leader in the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. She is an active socio-political blogger. She also writes for The Star newspaper since 1989 in her bi-weekly column called ''Musings'. 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. ''The latter is a selection of her articles published in her column between 2003 and 2012. It includes a special written introduction on the topics discussed in the book. Besides that, it contains two previously unpublished articles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Telling It Straight - Marina Mahathir's Musings in a book|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2012/11/9/lifebookshelf/12285043&sec=lifebookshelf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221021950/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2012/11/9/lifebookshelf/12285043&sec=lifebookshelf|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2013|access-date=27 November 2012|newspaper=thestar.com.my|date=9 November 2012}}</ref>'' 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 co