Too many people are focused on defending Rama, who can speak for herself, instead of defending Susan Abulhawa, who was actually thrown under the bus by Mamdani.
As usual, it’s Palestinians who end up paying the price.
Susan Abulhawa is arguably the most well-known Palestinian author in the United States. Yet neither Mamdani nor Rama has spoken up to defend her.
What makes it worse is that Rama was commissioned to create artwork for Abulhawa’s writing. Allowing your husband to publicly disparage a writer whose work you were hired to illustrate is deeply unprofessional.
Especially when both Rama and Zohran were more than willing to build their careers and platforms through Palestinian spaces before turning around and distancing themselves once they made it.
The political wing of Hamas, situated in Qatar, just issued a statement urging Iran to stop “targeting neighboring countries,” less than 24 hours after the spokesperson of Hamas’ military wing, in Gaza, made a speech “praising the missile strikes carried out by the IRGS.”
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Zohran mandazi is a parasite even worse than Zion!sts. I’d rather a zio tell me he hates me instead of watching this fatass build his career off the backs of Palestinians and then spitting in their face once they no longer serve them
Mayor Mamdani says his wife, Rama Duwaji, was not aware of anti-Israel posts (like calling some Israeli citizens “parasites”) from an author she illustrated an essay for.
Mamdani calls that rhetoric “reprehensible” and says his wife booked the gig thru a 3rd party
the reason I feel like Its ending is bc in the marketplace everything is a repeat of everything else. everything has been created. nothing new is being generated, officially the end of that. the market is constantly cycling through fads that start and end instantly
ik everything is a remix etc, but we reached the end. swimming in the small pool at the top of the cliff before falling down a humungous waterfall. the hot water bubbling until it turns into steam. moment of unreturnable transformation...cycling on the top of the tipping point