Dear Reader,

My feeds are split between euphoria and cynicism. Are the 2026 US Elections a historic victory full of firsts, or a futile attempt at change that will be quashed by the establishment, as history has repeatedly demonstrated? Scroll down for my balanced assessments of the election results in the USA and in Israel.

If you missed my talk on Biblical symbolism in my literary works (to Orthodox Christians for Palestine), you can watch it below. On Dec. 3, I will be discussing my new book, Palestine Bleeds For You, with Tom Hall for the Tech For Palestine book club. Details below, along with invitations two events in Maryland where you can meet me in person. I will have a signing table at the ‘Not in Christ’s Name’ conference in Potomac on Nov. 14, and another on the 22^nd at the Interfaith Gathering for Palestinian Freedom in Baltimore, where I am honored to deliver the welcome address. Please consider attending these good causes. It will be nice to see you.

Finally, I share a few photos from my table at the Palestine Youth Movement’s Olive Harvest picnic. It is uplifting to watch a new generation raise the Palestinian flag as they join the community in dancing the dabkeh.

With love,
Ramsey Hanhan

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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FEATURED: ‘BACK OFF MY BIBLE!’

Reclaiming Palestine’s Christian heritage through literature

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Talk delivered to Orthodox Christians for Palestine on Oct. 31, 2026. You can read the short story discussed in the talk, ‘The Ghost of Ein Areek,’ here.

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ESSAYS

Hold Their Feet to the Fire! A balanced assessment of the 2026 US Elections results Read on Medium

Israel’s Election Results — a Primer Neither of the big parties would accept non-Jews into the Cabinet, but don’t you dare call them “racist” – my satirical look at the results Read on Medium

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RECENT EVENTS

Meeting so many wonderful people at book signings is the best perk of being an author. Behind every new reader is a world of unwritten stories. Buying a book is never about exchanging a couple of bills for a pound of paper. That act is symbolic, superficial. What is being traded, rather, is the reader’s precious time for the expertise or imagination of the author. This more valuable exchange gradually unfolds after the symbolic act. It requires the active participation of the reader, to open the book and read.

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From the Palestine Youth Movement’s annual picnic on Nov. 1:

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Order

Palestine Bleeds For You Fomite Press, 2026, 218 pages The shrieks of warplanes on their way to bomb Gaza provoked Ramsey Hanhan to write. This collection of poetry and essays plumbs the depths of human thought, religion, history, and culture in search of hope amid the world’s criminal silence. In an authentic Palestinian voice, Hanhan sketches the workings of the global machinery of oppression, revealing the centrality of Palestine’s liberation to decolonization, social justice, and environmental justice struggles around the world. “The book I never wanted to write.”

Ramsey Hanhan is a father, scientist, and independent author of two books: Palestine Bleeds For You (2026) and the autobiographical Fugitive Dreams (2022). His short stories, essays, and poetry appear in The Harvard Advocate, Fikra magazine, Scene48, Mondoweiss and other publications. A former physics professor, Ramsey lives near Baltimore, and speaks on Palestine and literature. Ramsey's Website ​​​​​​