CNN lists Palestinian Museum opening among 2016 attractions

CNN on Wednesday listed the Palestinian Museum, set to open in Bir Zeit, north of the occupied Ramallah, in May, as one its “nine best attractions opening in 2016.”

The museum’s opening is scheduled to coincide with Nakba Day, the catastrophe of Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948.

The museum is described as a harbinger of humanitarian projects and as a vehicle for the empowerment of the Palestinian people, according to the museum’s website.

The museum’s creators hope the institution will also be a way of teaching young Palestinians about their heritage.

Some of the Palestinians living in the diaspora are third-generation and many have little connection to Palestine – a fact the museum hopes to change.