Palestine Museum US to Install Memorial for Palestinian American

Woodbridge - A memorial event in honor of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be held on Sunday, June 19 at 3 p.m. US EST (10 PM Palestine Time) at the Palestine Museum US, which is located at 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge, CT.

Abu Akleh was shot to death on May 11 as she and other journalists were getting ready to observe an Israeli military assault on Palestinians in the Jenin Refugee Camp. The Palestinian Attorney General concluded that she was shot with a bullet from an Israeli rifle. Other international media outlets had similar findings.

The memorial features a portrait of Akleh painted by Luxemburg-based Palestinian artist Jacqueline Bejani painted specifically for Palestine Museum US.

The public is invited to observe the ceremony and to view other artworks and artifacts on exhibit at the Museum – admission fees are waived for event attendees. Free ice cream will be provided courtesy of Ben and Jerry’s Handmade, Inc.

Those who cannot attend in person can attend virtually on Zoom. Registration for in-person or online is on the Museum website at this link.

Supporters of the event include PalestineWrites, Jewish Voice for Peace (New Haven), American Muslims for Palestine, the Tree of Life Education Fund, the Struggle Video News, the Middle East Crisis Committee, Mending Minyan, and the Greater New Haven Peace Council.

The Palestine Museum US was founded in 2018 by businessman Faisal Saleh and has been featured in the New York Times, the Hartford Courant, The Hearst Newspapers, Aljazeera English, Haaretz, Al Mayadeen Network, Arab News, The Nation, Jewish Currents, The Forward and others. The mission of the Museum is to tell the Palestinian story to a global audience through the arts.