Mona Alawi is the youngest of four siblings born to a Filipino mother, Fatima Marbella, and a
Moroccan father, Samier Al-Alawi. One of her older sisters,
Ivana Alawi, is an actress and social media influencer with millions of followers. Alawi's mother separated from her father when she was pregnant with her and went to Manila in 2004. Alawi's mother left her three older children with their father; Alawi would not be reunited with her in Manila until 2006. Alawi and her family are
Catholic. Alawi has
Type 1 diabetes, a disease she was diagnosed with in 2011, the year she started her career in show business. As a result, she has to maintain a strict daily regimen of
insulin self-injections and avoiding foods and drinks rich in
sugar and
carbohydrates. ==Filmography==