Overview
- Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoralty with about 50.4% of the vote and appeared at his first speech with his wife, Rama Duwaji.
- Duwaji, born in Houston to a Syrian family and raised in Dubai from age 9, is an illustrator, animator, and ceramist with a 2024 MFA from the School of Visual Arts.
- She shaped the campaign’s visual system and digital strategy, including typography echoing the MetroCard and color choices signaling Queens’ working-class identity.
- The couple met on Hinge in 2021, got engaged in October 2024, and married in a civil ceremony in Manhattan in February 2025, with Duwaji maintaining a low public profile.
- Duwaji’s art centers on humanitarian issues in Palestine and Syria, drawing criticism from opponents and some community groups, alongside scrutiny over a Dubai celebration and a high-end restaurant outing.