Muslim educator

From the Manila Bulletin (May 28): Muslim educator

COTABATO CITY – Thousands of people are mourning the death of Mindanao-based Muslim lady educator Dr. Hadja Sittie Nurlayla Emily M. Marohombsar, who is adored as an “icon” of peace building, good governance, and quality education for the Bangsamoro.

Dr. Marohombsar, 77, succumbed to heart failure last Friday afternoon at the Capitol University Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City, according to Robert Maulana Marohombsar-Alonto, her nephew, and a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panelist who stayed beside his aunt up to the last breath.

She was laid to rest the following day under Islamic rites in Ganassi, Lanao del Sur, her rugged hometown where she was born on September 7, 1935.

The MILF leadership led the mourners, posting in its official Web site – luwaran.com – a message of condolence and a tribute to Dr. Marohombsar, the first woman state peace panelist it had dealt with during the stormy days of the MILF-government peace talks.

Before the burial, relatives brought her remains first to the Mindanao State University (MSU) main campus in Marawi City where she had served as first lady Muslim president (1993-1998).

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