"Susan Abulhawa, 55, is a member of the Advisory Policy Council of the Gaza Tribunal along with Mamdani's Columbia University professor father, Mahmood Mamdani. The group, which features just 29 members, was established in London in 2024 and describes itself as an independent "people's tribunal" that collects evidence against Israel in Gaza."
"Mamdani's artist wife, Rama Duwaji, came under fire last week for illustrating a short story that was included in an anthology of writing by young Palestinians co-edited by Abulhawa. Diana Islayih's "Trail of Soap" is included in "Every Moment is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide," published earlier this year in English and Arabic by Simon & Schuster."
"Abulhawa was also among the prominent signatories to a 2018 open letter to members of the Saudi royal family to urge them to release professor and women's rights activist Hatoon al-Fassi. Mamdani's filmmaker mother, Mira Nair, as well as his father were also among the signatories."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's family has connections to Susan Abulhawa, a 55-year-old activist known for making antisemitic statements comparing Jews to "cockroaches" and "vampires." Abulhawa serves on the Advisory Policy Council of the Gaza Tribunal alongside Mamdani's father, Mahmood Mamdani, a Columbia University anthropology professor. Mamdani's wife, artist Rama Duwaji, illustrated a story in an anthology co-edited by Abulhawa. Mamdani's representatives claimed Duwaji never met or engaged with Abulhawa. However, Abulhawa has spoken at Columbia's Center for Palestine Studies where Mamdani Sr. is affiliated. Both Abulhawa and the Mamdanis signed a 2018 letter regarding a Saudi activist's release.
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