Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, was in the spotlight last week after it was revealed she liked dozens of social media posts celebrating the October 7, 2023, terror attacks in Israel, including posts that cheered the slaughter of dogs and the kidnapping of a 12-year-old Israeli boy.
The media and Mamdani dismissed concerns about her social media presence, saying she was a "private citizen" who didn't influence Mamdani's policies. As we noted, such courtesies were not extended to the private spouses of conservatives like Justices Alito and Thomas.
Now there's more evidence that Duwaji's antisemitism isn't a one-off, but part and parcel of who she is, because she provided illustrations for a book compiled by Palestinian-American author and journalist Susan Abulhawa.
Abulhawa has a very troubling history of calling Jews slurs like "rootless parasites."
NEW from me
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) March 12, 2026
Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, provided illustrations for a book compiled by Susan Abulhawa — who has called Jews "rootless parasites" , "cockroaches" "rabid demons" — and many other names pic.twitter.com/NVtFP79vBf
As Levine says, Abulhawa often hides behind directing insults at "Israel" or "Zionists" but sometimes says what she really thinks, as she does here:
While Susan Abulhawa often couches her insults as directed against "Israel" or "Zionists" — she sometimes lets the mask slip as she did here
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) March 13, 2026
Zohran Mamdani's wife provided illustrations for Abulhawa's recent book pic.twitter.com/5KF8aKzOhn
Of course, the Mamdani administration dismissed the concerns, with a spokesperson saying, "As is common for freelance illustrators, the First Lady was commissioned to illustrate an excerpt of Abulhawa's book by an outside publisher. She has never engaged with or met Susan Abulhawa, nor had she seen the tweets in question."
A Spox for Mayor Mamdani said the following:
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) March 13, 2026
"As is common for freelance illustrators, the First Lady was commissioned to illustrate an excerpt of Abulhawa's book by an outside publisher. She has never engaged with or met Susan Abulhawa, nor had she seen the tweets in question."
Rama Duwaji, the first lady of New York City, provided a featured illustration for an essay by an author who called Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack "spectacular," has frequently decried what she describes as "Jewish supremacist vampires," and said Jewish Israelis are "rootless soulless ghouls."
Duwaji, wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D., N.Y.), provided a drawing for "A Trail of Soap," an essay in the collection Every Moment is a Life compiled by Susan Abulhawa. The essay, published last month in Everything Is Political—an offshoot of self-described "environmental & social justice nonprofit organization" Slow Factory—details a Gazan woman's attempt to find a bathroom in the territory.
Abulhawa, an author and anti-Israel activist, has a long history of supporting terror and demonizing Jews. Just days after Oct. 7, she wrote an op-ed in Electronic Intifada in which she called the massacres "a spectacular moment that shocked the world" and insinuated that Israel allowed the attack to happen.
Abulhawa also lives in Bucks County, PA, which is quite the coincidence.
Susan lives in Bucks County Pa. I’m not saying there’s a connection to the NYC bombers but it’s a coincidence
— Tal Sharon (@talsharon08) March 13, 2026
Earlier this week, Duwaji and Mamdani hosted Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil for dinner at Gracie Mansion.
I’m sensing a theme https://t.co/kOTz99MyOL
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 13, 2026
There is definitely a theme here.
The reason why Muslim anti-Semitism doesn’t get you cancelled in leftist circles is because leftists view Jews as white https://t.co/MzYVxl8oMB
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) March 13, 2026
This is probably true.
The Mamdani family is always one—often zero—degrees away from Jew-hatred and terror support networks. https://t.co/NtOU9x8HGb
— 🇺🇸 Jason Curtis Anderson (@JCAndersonNYC) March 13, 2026
Always, invariably.
This is what Democrats voted for. https://t.co/F78pt0Pe9l
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) March 13, 2026
While they scream that President Trump and Republicans are "Nazis," this is who Democrats embrace and elevate: antisemites and anti-Israel activists. New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. They have a right to know if the mayor and his wife despise them, or support people who do.
Editor’s Note: New York City is now facing the consequences of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist takeover.
Help us continue to report on his radical policies and expose the Democrats who support him. Join Townhall VIP and use promo code FIGHT to receive 60% off your membership.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member