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This week, amid the firestorm of coverage surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s historic election, a story about his wife managed to cut through all the noise. Mamdani, 34, just became New York City’s first millennial, first Muslim, and first South Asian mayor. Yet it was this New York Post headline about his wife, Rama Duwaji, that truly captured my timeline’s attention.

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Duwaji, a 28-year-old animator who met Mamdani on Hinge in 2021, was labeled “aloof” by the New York Post. That conclusion was made based on reports that she took a backseat during her husband’s public appearances, but “quietly steered his campaign from behind the scenes.” The Houston native did opt out of photo ops and baby holding out on the trail, but she reportedly masterminded the campaig

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