She is the older sister of prominent activist Zainah Anwar and the daughter of Haji Anwar bin Abdul Malik the person credited with giving the main Malaysian political party its name.
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They had 3 children, Tan Sri Datuk Zarinah Anwar (1953), the ex-chairman of the Malaysian Securities Commission, Zainah Anwar (1954), a prominent Malaysian non-governmental organisation leader and activist of Sisters in Islam and Ahmad Zakii Anwar (1955), a well-known Malaysian artist.