New York (CNN) — Rama Duwaji isn’t playing the traditional role of a first lady in waiting.

She hasn’t stumped for Zohran Mamdani , the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee and front-runner she married earlier this year. She hasn’t done a joint television appearance or agreed to a splashy magazine profile.

And hardly anything on her Instagram page, where she promotes her artwork depicting Middle Eastern women and the plight of Palestinians, suggests that she even knows Mamdani, aside from one post on the day of the June Democratic primary.

“Couldn’t possibly be prouder,” she wrote in the caption of a carousel of photos showing the couple together, a photo of herself voting early and a photo of Mamdani as a boy.

If Mamdani wins Tuesday’s election, becoming the city’s first Musl

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