A 19-year-old Syrian Muslim student has been named the 2022 student of the year in the Netherlands, in recognition of her talents in a highly competitive environment.
Lava Haji emigrated with her family from Syria to the Netherlands in 2018. The family settled in the city of Groningen in the northern Netherlands where Haji began learning Dutch.
Now, she holds a five-year residency permit and hopes to obtain citizenship soon.
Haji was granted the title for secondary vocational education (MBO), which consists of four levels, last month, Kurdistan 24 reported.