Posted on 04/16/2026 5:26:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The New York Post reports that New York City’s First Lady, Rama Duwaji, has publicly addressed for the first time a growing controversy over past social media activity that has drawn accusations of anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for extremist causes.
In an interview with Hyperallergic, Duwaji, 28, expressed “deep shame" over comments she made as a teenager, saying that being young does not excuse the harm caused by her words. However, her response stopped short of addressing a number of more recent and more serious allegations, leading critics to view the apology as partial and evasive.
Recent reports in American media have highlighted posts and interactions attributed to Duwaji over a number of years. These include engagement with content on October 7, 2023, that praised the breach of the Gaza border fence and framed it as resistance, as well as posts invoking slogans like “from the river to the sea." She has also been criticized for past remarks about Tel Aviv, including a 2015 post in which she said the city “should not have existed" and referred to its residents as “occupiers." In earlier years, she reportedly expressed admiration for Leila Khaled, known for her involvement in airplane hijackings in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The controversy has been amplified by reporting on figures within Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inner circle. According to Jewish Insider, a senior campaign and media figure, Donald Bornstein, praised Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar after his death, describing him as someone who “gave his entire life" to his cause and mocking footage released by the IDF.
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I assume she is Muslim……..so where is her hijab? Her hair is showing and under sharia law she should be stoned, or even worse………
Can we assume she is even female? Trannies don’t need hijabs.
“Sorry that I got caught and this became an issue.”
“She not say solly. She say ‘aporogize.’” —Chang Limbang
People here should get to know sharia law better than this.
She is allowed to not wear hijab. Find out why.
Yeah deep shame....anyone believe that?
She is a joke. She is the great unequal pretending to really be somebody.
She will drown because she lacks all that is necessary to swim
The adoring leftist media will provide ample life preservers.
You are correct. I believe the husband has the call on that. I saw two muslim women shopping in HD yesterday. One with eye slits and the other full face only hair covered. And Mamdani is MINO.
She’s a major league terrorist ditz.
“ People here should get to know sharia law better than this.”
Frankly, I have zero need to “better know sharia law”. All I do know is that ME Muslim women are forced to cover their bodies in ridiculous black garb and if even their front hairline shows, they risk imprisonment or bodily harm.
Now if I was a Muslim woman who adheres to this nonsense and I saw a Muslim woman in America openly exposing their hair and bodies, I wouldn’t believe a word that came out of this hypocrites mouth.
Durka Durka Mohammed jihad!
“She will drown because she lacks all that is necessary to swim
The adoring leftist media will provide ample life preservers.”
And she’ll jump into one head first.
Was it like a “Sorry you were offended”
“ “ People here should get to know sharia law better than this.”
Frankly, I have zero need to “better know sharia law”. All I do know is that ME Muslim women are forced to cover their”
Yes. The question was why is she - NYC mayors wife, not wearing hijab
Not you, you have no need for information, but others- sharia allows for lying and acting westernized in order to take over. And they always intend to take over. The other Muslim women know exactly what this woman is doing.
No Mamdani is not MINO. they don’t do that. He intends to take over NYC.
Americans are so uninformed
She -and he- are Allie’s to act in any way they want in order to gain foothold.
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