NEW: Mamdani’s Wife Responds After Outlet Exposes Stunning Posts: ‘Truly Sorry’

Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is trying to mop up a social media mess after a report resurfaced old posts that included slurs and praise for figures tied to Palestinian terror groups.

Duwaji addressed the controversy in an interview published Wednesday by Hyperallergic, her first public sit-down since Mamdani took office in January. She said she felt “a lot of shame” after being confronted with what she wrote as a teenager.

“When a tabloid recently published old tweets I wrote as a teenager, I felt a lot of shame being confronted with language I used that is so harmful to others; being 15 doesn’t excuse it,” she told the outlet.

The blowback traces to a March report by the Washington Free Beacon, which tied Duwaji to an old X account and Tumblr posts. The outlet said the account shared material celebrating U.S.-designated terrorist groups and people involved in attacks, along with posts that included offensive language.

One example cited was a repost of a photo of Shadia Abu Ghazaleh with a caption praising her as a “resistance fighter.” Ghazaleh was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization. She is revered by pro-Palestinian activists as a martyr after taking part in an attack targeting an Israeli bus, and she died in 1968 when a bomb reportedly detonated in her home.

The Beacon also said it found posts in which Duwaji allegedly used a racial slur and a derogatory term for gay people. Another repost highlighted by the outlet included a claim that Tel Aviv “shouldn’t even exist in the first place.”

Duwaji told Hyperallergic she understands the anger and says she regrets the harm.

“I’ve read and seen a lot of what others have had to say in response, and I understand the hurt I caused and am truly sorry,” she said. “My focus isn’t on being a public figure, but continuing my work with care and responsibility, and allowing my art to speak for itself.”

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The X account linked to Duwaji was deleted shortly after the Free Beacon’s report was published. Her comments Wednesday appear to be her first direct public acknowledgment of the posts.

The controversy also lands amid scrutiny of Duwaji’s activism and work as an artist. She has been a vocal critic of Israel during her husband’s rise in politics and faced backlash earlier this year for contributing an illustration to an essay about Gaza written by an author who praised the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

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Mamdani has condemned that author’s rhetoric and argued Duwaji’s illustration work was commissioned through a third party.

“I think that that rhetoric is patently unacceptable. I think it’s reprehensible,” he said in March. “And as is common for freelance illustrators, the First Lady was commissioned to illustrate an excerpt of a book by a third party. She has never engaged with or met with the author, nor had she seen the tweets that you’re referring to.”

Fox News Digital said it contacted a representative for Mamdani for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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