Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Council Member Zohran Mamdani, posted content on social media in her early adulthood that praised Palestinian terrorists, including Khaled, a member of the PFLP, a U.S.-designated terrorist group. Duwaji, who is of Syrian descent, shared posts celebrating acts of violence against Israelis and expressed support for groups like Hamas. One post included a caption stating, "If it does good for my cause, I'll be happy to accept death," referencing Khaled’s role in plane hijackings in 1969 and 1970. Khaled, who later became a revered figure in Palestinian society, threatened to detonate a grenade during one hijacking and is considered a "martyr" in Palestinian communities. Duwaji, who was in her late teens and early 20s when she posted much of the content, lived in the Middle East during that time. She spent her early childhood in New Jersey before moving to Dubai in 2006. Her education included time at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, which she later transferred to the Richmond campus. The posts she shared often included inflammatory rhetoric, such as a 2017 image of a Bangladeshi postage stamp reading, "We salute the valiant freedom fighters of Palestine," and a 2015 Tumblr post condemning U.S. military actions, which claimed American soldiers were "mercilessly slaughtering 3rd world civilians" and fighting to maintain "American hegemony." Duwaji also reposted content linking white people to the creation of al Qaeda, quoting a user who wrote, "You can't blame muslims for terrorism because they didn't construct, fund nor train Al-Qaeda. White People did that too." In a 2013 post, she used the N-word in a comment on X, stating, "@_AlyaF Helllll yeah, nigga. Super duper genius* excuse you," at age 15.#zohran_mamdani #rama_duwaji #pflp #hamas #khaled
