Canadian: Canadian Citizen and Home Country

canadian: Zaidan was at his mother Farha Khaleefah's side when she became a Canadian citizen on Thursday, according to The Waterloo Record. The pair is originally from Iraq and came to Canada in 2012 from Syria, where they had fled to escape the conflict in their home country five years earlier. No. 1 it's safe, he says. Khaleefah was among 47 people from 23 different countries who received their Canadian citizenship at a Kitchener ceremony on Thursday. Fluent in several languages, he has been helping Syrian newcomers transition to a new culture and life at The Working Centre. Zaidan became a Canadian citizen just over a year ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.