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00:00And to my incredible wife Rama, Hayati.
00:11This is Rama Dawaji, soon to become the first lady of the largest city in the United States,
00:19following her husband Zoran Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoral race.
00:24But who is she?
00:24Rama, 28, was born in Houston, Texas, to Syrian parents.
00:31She spent her childhood moving between the U.S. and the Gulf region
00:34before earning her graduate degree in illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
00:40She met Zoran Mamdani in 2021 through a dating app
00:44when he was serving as a member of the New York State Assembly.
00:47The couple got married in a civil ceremony in New York in 2025.
00:54Although Mamdani kept their relationship private during his election campaign,
00:59Dawaji recently made headlines after facing online backlash on X for her pro-Palestinian views.
01:07In response, Mamdani shared their wedding photos on Instagram, writing,
01:12Rama is not only my wife, but a brilliant artist who deserves to be known on her own terms.
01:19You can criticize my politics, but not my family.
01:24but not my wife.
01:25It's homemade.
01:26Lindsay said,
01:27I won't mean by her pal,
01:27but a
01:29we've been feeling from
01:32Sarah's story.
01:33This might tell her maybe
01:35the only story starts
01:36where they want to meet
01:38what the issue,
01:40but where we give each other
01:41and where swords
01:41the joy.
01:42It gets thrown around,
01:42I can see it today.
01:43We Huang easy.
01:43We've called
01:44this together to help
01:47you because
01:49people love
01:50and
01:51we say
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