Faisal Saleh’s resistance takes the form of a museum dedicated to Palestine – the first of its kind in the western hemisphere, opened in Connecticut and recently expanded to Edinburgh.
Outside view of the Palestine Museum in the New Town area in Edinburgh, Scotland
Born in the West Bank shortly after the Nakba, Faisal Saleh moved to the United States on a high school scholarship and spent decades as an entrepreneur before becoming what he now calls a “museum-maker”.
When asked what the biggest challenge was in founding the Palestine Museum in Connecticut, he says, “Apathy, and ignorance. A lot of people didn’t even know where Palestine is; they thought I was talking about a town in Texas.