However, she is the widow of Abdul Rahman, the assassinated Afghan Aviation Minister.
After Massouda Jalal came sixth out of eighteen presidential candidates in 2004 then President Hamid Karzai appointed her Afghan Women's Affairs Minister.
According to Rosie DiManno, writing in the Toronto Star, Fana had difficulty campaigning due to her gender.
DiManno described Fana's concerns that her husband had been murdered by elements within Karzai's administration, who saw him as a potential candidate for president.
Preliminary voting results placed Fana eighth in a field of thirty-two.