They met not on a campaign stage but on a phone screen—a modern love story that would soon make history.
On election night, as New York City celebrated its next mayor, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, his wife, 28-year-old artist Rama Duwaji, stood beside him, smiling quietly at what they’d built together.
Their story began on Hinge in 2021, leading to coffee at a Yemeni café in Brooklyn and a walk through McCarren Park. On their second date, he showed her around Astoria, the neighborhood that would one day help make him mayor. What started simply soon became a partnership rooted in love and purpose.
