Inauguration of "Our Homeland Is Our Homeland" exhibit at Yasser Arafat Museum

2016-12-21

“Our Homeland Is Our Homeland”, the inaugural exhibit of the Yasser Arafat Museum Exhibition Hall, officially opened Monday, the 19th of December 2016.  The exhibit features outstanding work of Palestinian artists Suleiman Mansour, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat and Ahmad Canaan.  Attending the opening with the artists were Dr. Nasser Alkidwa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yasser Arafat Foundation ; Ehab Bseiso, Palestinian Minister of Culture ; Dr. Nabil Qassis, Chairman of Yasser Arafat Museum Committee; Dr. Ahmad Soboh, Director General of Yasser Arafat Foundation; Mohammad Halayka, Director of Yasser Arafat Museum, among many other prominent Palestinians, internationals and media outlets.
 
The exhibit will remain on view to the public for six months, through the 19th of June 2017.
 
The Yasser Arafat Museum officially opened in November 2016.  The opening ceremony featured remarks by President Mahmoud Abbas, Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit, and other Arab and international personalities.  The Museum presents the narrative of the Palestinian Contemporary National Movement and displays the innate character of Arafat’s office and living quarters, where he was confined by the Israeli occupying power in 2004.