The Meaning of Mamdani

By Nida Khan 

New York City just made history and delivered a resounding rebuke to Donald Trump’s version of America.

At a time when vilifying immigrants is the norm; ICE agents regularly round up and detain people (including citizens), and a climate of vicious othering, division and plain old racism has permeated the nation, New York City said: not in our name. As the city that has long-served as the arrival point for immigrants, featuring the literal Statue of Liberty, New York lived up to its creed by electing its first Muslim mayor; a naturalized American of South Asian descent, whose family lived in Uganda prior to the States. In short: Zohran Mamdani is as a bridge between many worlds – just like this great bustling city itself.

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