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The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny following a report that she liked a social media post dismissing an investigation into sexual violence committed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel as a “mass rape” hoax.
Rama Duwaji allegedly liked a February 2024 Instagram post claiming The New York Times’ investigation into sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack was “fabricated,” according to The Free Press.
The report adds to a series of controversial social media interactions by Duwaji that have surfaced in recent days.
Duwaji, a Houston-born illustrator who identifies as Syrian and married Mamdani in early 2025, also liked several posts in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack that appeared critical of Israel, Jewish Insider first reported.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji listen to the national anthem during his public inauguration ceremony followed by a block party at City Hall in New York on Jan. 1, 2026. (TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
One post — shared the day of the attack by the Instagram account “The Slow Factory”— featured an image of a bulldozer breaching a barrier separating Israel from Gaza, as well as individuals riding on top of a captured Israeli Defense Force (IDF) vehicle.
Text over the images read, “Breaking the walls of apartheid and military occupation” and “Resisting apartheid since 1948,” along with the slogan, “Systemic change for collective liberation.”
As of Saturday, Duwaji’s like on that post remained publicly visible.
Additional posts she engaged with were shared by the Instagram account “The People’s Forum” and included promotion of anti-Israel protests, calls to cut U.S. aid to Israel and activist organizing efforts.
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