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Canada 26 Jun 2026

Here's a look at the controversial Palestinian exhibit unveiled at Winnipeg's human rights museum

After four years of development, a new exhibit focused on displaced Palestinians has been unveiled at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.

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After four years of development, a new exhibit focused on displaced Palestinians has been unveiled at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Fouad Sahyoun flips through replicas of his grandfather's property deeds from the early 1900s, documents connected to buildings in Haifa his family hasn't returned to after fleeing the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. So, we lost our properties [and] our bank accounts, our furniture, our cars and our identity," the Palestinian Canadian told CBC News on Friday. The original documents are part of the new Palestine Uprooted. Nakba Past and Present exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which is set to open publicly Saturday after four years of development.

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