We are told that the conflict in Palestine is "complicated," a series of religious debates and territorial claims. But for Ramsey Hanhan, the reality is far more direct: it is a system engineered to make an entire people feel disposable, and forgettable

In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by Ramsey Hanhan, a former physics professor who walked away from the ivory tower of science to become a witness. Written from the front lines of Ramallah, Ramsey’s work serves as an archive for a people whose future is being systemically obstructed by military checkpoints, digital algorithms, and the weaponization of faith.

Together, they dismantle the fiction that the conflict began on October 7th, exploring instead the long continuity of the Nakba and the "poison p ...