Ayman Baalbaki

Fereshteh Daftari Dept: VANCOUVER - A beat-up 1970s Toyota Corona sits among bundles of household goods, waiting for the tarried family who will pile their life atop its roof racks and drive to new beginnings, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The life-size visual display entitled "Destination X" by Lebanese artist, Ayman Baalbaki, chronicles his family's flight from their homeland during a 1970 civil war and Exhibition curator Dr. Fereshteh Daftari poses for a photograph with Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji's "Hannoun" at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday April 12, 2013. The piece is part of the exhibit "Safar/Voyage", opening April 20 until Sept. 15, showcases the works of contemporary artists from the Middle East, in the hopes they can debunk a western-world myth that the area is all about burkas, bloodshed and bombings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The sky-blue car is part of a new exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology that showcases the works of contemporary artists from the Middle East, in the hopes they can debunk a western-world myth that the area is all about burkas, bloodshed and bombings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.