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Now the discussion is about Rama, the wife of New York mayoral candidate Zohran.
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00:00Now the discussion is about Rama, the wife of New York mayoral candidate Zoran.
00:11As the Democratic Party nominated Assemblyman Zoran Mamdani as a candidate for the upcoming
00:16mayoral election in New York, the largest city in the United States, there's a global discussion
00:21about Zoran. In this situation, his wife, Rama Dawaji, has come into the spotlight.
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00:32box. Last Friday, a BBC report was titled, Rama Dawaji, who is Zoran Mamdani's wife,
00:39the New York mayoral candidate. It stated that as her husband, Zoran Mamdani, secured the
00:45Democratic Party's nomination for New York mayor, the spotlight is also falling on his 27-year-old
00:51wife, Rama Dawaji, an artist, an animator. This New York artist's ancestral home,
00:57is in Syria. Her artworks feature Middle Eastern themes. BBC News has reported on her work.
01:03Additionally, she has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Vice.
01:09On May 12, Zoran Mamdani wrote in a social media post,
01:13Rama is not just my wife. She is a wonderful artist. She is known by her own identity.
01:18He mentioned that they got married three months prior. The report also stated that Rama Dawaji
01:24was rarely seen by Zoran's side during the election campaign in the largest US city.
01:29Many opponents claim that 33-year-old Zoran was hiding his wife. Rama Dawaji's absence from
01:38the election campaign caught many people's attention. Usually, candidates bring their
01:43partners with them during election campaigns. They want to show voters that they respect family
01:48values. The young Zoran claims to be a democratic socialist. On June 24, he defeated his main
01:54party rival, the influential politician and former governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo,
02:00elevating himself to a new height. In that May post, Zoran responded to critics' accusations about
02:06his wife's absence from the election campaign. He published many photos of their wedding. They
02:12got married at the New York City clerk's office. He also commented that he was a victim of dirty
02:17politics regarding this. Zoran said, I usually brush these things off, be it death threats or
02:25threats to expel me from the country. But when it comes to loved ones, I cannot remain silent.
02:30You can criticize my ideology, but not my family. After the results of the Democratic Party primary
02:36were announced, Rama Dawaji posted several photos with her husband on her Instagram. They got married
02:43in Dubai last year before a social event in New York City. Rama's family lives there. Their wedding
02:49ceremony took place in a private, family setting there. Rama Dawaji earned her bachelor's degree from
02:55Virginia Commonwealth University and then received a master's degree in illustration from the School
03:00of Visual Arts in New York City. Most of Rama's work is in black and white. She portrays scenes from
03:07the Arab world on campus. This Texas-born woman is of Syrian descent.
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