She is best known for objecting to being charged an extra boarding fee by Cambodian airline Bassaka Air because she is a wheelchair user.

In September 2015, Mustafa made the news after she was charged US$240 extra to board a Bassaka Air flight from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh because she uses a wheelchair and needed assistant board the aircraft.

[1][2] The initial news reporting led to accusations of blame being traded between the airline and the Cambodia Airport Management Service Company.

[4] In 2016, Mustafa was a program manager for ADD International (formally: Action on Disability and Development).

[5] She was a panelist at the UK Department for International Development's panel discussion and networking event on the 17 November 2016.