US EditionWho is Rama Duwaji? Meet New York City’s first Gen Z first lady
- On Tuesday, voters elected Zohran Mamdani mayor-elect, making him New York City's first Muslim and South Asian mayor.
- Rama Duwaji helped finalise Zohran Mamdani's campaign identity, designing the campaign logo and font while advising on social media and campaign materials.
- Born in Houston on June 30, 1997, Duwaji studied at Virginia Commonwealth University's arts program and the School of Visual Arts in New York, working as an illustrator and ceramicist for outlets like The New Yorker, BBC, and The Washington Post.
- Earlier this year the couple married at New York City Hall, and Duwaji largely stayed out of the public eye but accompanied Mamdani to vote and joined him onstage after his win.
- With Mamdani now mayor-elect, Rama Duwaji, 28-year-old Syrian-American artist and incoming first lady, becomes New York City's youngest first lady, known for art critical of Israel's Gaza actions since October 7, 2023.
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After the Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani became the first Muslim mayor of New York, the largest city in the United States, on Tuesday night, his wife, Rama Duwaji, accompanied him on stage. In his speech, the 34-year-old state assemblyman thanked Duwaji saying: “There is no one I would rather have beside me at this time and at any other time.”At the Brooklyn Paramount Theater, the 28-year-old girl went on stage with her husband, but her app…
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der Standard DEThe wife of the future mayor Zohran Mamdani is illustrator and deals in her works mainly with the Middle East
After the victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election in New York, his wife has also found herself in the spotlight of the American public. Who is the 28-year-old artist who has mostly been 'hiding' in the background during the election campaign?
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