Arafat museum in works Keepers of Palestinian leader's memory gathering thousands of objects - photographs, pistols, trademark sunglasses and military-style suits he favored - for display in $3.4 million museum under construction at his former West Bank headquarters. Shopkeeper: I loved him because he died while resisting Israel, US Yasser Arafat had a knack for turning ordinary objects into symbols, including the black-and-white checkered headdress that came to represent the Palestinian quest for a homeland. Six years after his death, the keepers of Arafat's memory are gathering thousands of objects - photographs, pistols, the trademark sunglasses and military-style suits he...