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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