Overview
- In a New York Magazine/The Cut profile published Dec. 23–24, Duwaji says she will continue her illustration career after the Jan. 1 inauguration and move to Gracie Mansion.
- She says a top priority is using the first-lady platform to spotlight struggling and undiscovered New York artists.
- Duwaji describes adjusting to sudden visibility and voices frustration that early coverage labeled her primarily as “Zohran Mamdani’s wife.”
- She characterizes her work as political, citing focus on Palestine, Syria and Sudan and stating that “everything is political.”
- Public response is mixed, with lifestyle praise including celebrity compliments, while the New York Post highlights prior Instagram activity, including her noted sorrow over the death of Saleh Al-Jafarawi, whom the Post describes as a Hamas propagandist.