Kammala wannan jumla: An haife ta ne a Kenitra, ta yi wasan farko na kasa da kasa don Maroko a gasar cin kofin duniya na bana.
1998 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, inda ta kasance ta sittin a tseren tsere. Ta kasance ta goma sha biyu a cikin mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun duniya na matasa a shekarar 1998 kuma ta fafata a tseren matasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999 ta IAAF. Ya fara samun karramawa na farko a gasar zakarun Afirka ta matasa a shekarar 1999, inda ta lashe azurfa a mita 1500 a bayan Jeruto Kiptum. Ta shawo kan 'yar uwarta Mina Aït Hammou ta canza daga wasan kwallon hannu da ƙwallon ƙafa zuwa wasanni, wanda ya haifar da nasara sosai ga ma'auratan. Matashiyar Seltana ita ce ta farko da ta lashe lambar yabo ta kasa da kasa yayin da ta zama zakara a tseren mita 800 a wasannin 2001 na Bahar Rum. A shekara mai zuwa ta ɗauki matsayi na biyar a Gasar Zakarun Afirka ta 2002 a Wasannin motsa jiki kuma ta lashe lambar zinare na mita 800 da na azurfa na mita 400 a Wasannin Sojojin Afirka na 2002.