Mum does it with determination


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 21 May 2003

KUALA LUMPUR: At a relatively young age of 27, the mother of seven growing children suddenly found herself widowed. 

“I had been married only eight years when my husband, Yahya Osman, died,” said Selamah Mat Ariff, now 64, who received the Wanita-Maggi Single Mother Award 2002 on Monday.  

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