PETALING JAYA: It has been a long journey for Penang-born Damina Khaira (pic), who obtained her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University as a heart patient.
Born with a congenital heart defect, Damina, who is from a Iban-Bidayuh-Punjabi background, received her scroll from the prestigious university in Massachusetts, the United States on Thursday (May 26), dressed in traditional Bidayuh attire.
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