TORONTO — A senior government official has confirmed that Canada will bestow honorary citizenship on Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai as part of Wednesday’s throne speech.
Yousafzai, 16, survived a Taliban assassination attempt on her life for advocating for girls’ education.
Yousafzai was shot in the head in October 2012 while going home from school. Her memoir “I am Malala” was published last week, when she became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Yousafzai, who now lives in England with her family, was the youngest ever nominee last week for the Nobel Peace Prize, which was won by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Malala will join the Dalai Lama, the Aga Khan and Nelson Mandela as the sixth person to be given honorary Canadian citizenship.
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