"Rama Duwaji, a Syrian-American artist who married Mamdani in early 2025, liked multiple Instagram posts on the day of the attack and the following day that framed the violence as justified resistance, according to Jewish Insider, which first reported the story. One post from an account called The Slow Factory showed images of a bulldozer smashing through the Israel-Gaza barrier and attackers atop a seized Israeli military vehicle."
"When pressed at an unrelated Bronx event, Mamdani shielded his wife from scrutiny. "My wife is the love of my life, and she's also a private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my City Hall," he told reporters, according to the New York Post."
"That "private person" defense rang hollow. NYP noted Duwaji appeared on New York Magazine's digital cover in late December and sat for multiple New York Times profiles. Duwaji herself acknowledged the couple's shared public life in her New York Magazine interview. "I realized that it was not just his thing but our thing," she told the outlet."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced scrutiny after his wife, Rama Duwaji, a Syrian-American artist married to him in early 2025, liked multiple Instagram posts celebrating Hamas' October 7, 2023 assault on Israel. The posts framed the violence as justified resistance and featured the phrase "from the river to the sea." Duwaji also engaged with content promoting a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square on October 8, 2023. Mamdani had publicly condemned that same rally at the time. When questioned about the likes, Mamdani defended his wife as a private person with no formal campaign or City Hall role. However, Duwaji has appeared on New York Magazine's digital cover and sat for multiple New York Times profiles, contradicting claims of privacy.
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