New York’s choice of Mamdani reflects a city rejecting Islamophobia and reclaiming political originality
The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and policy commentator. Email him at [email protected]
By this time you must have encountered countless commentaries on the irrepressible victory of Zohran Mamdani in New York's mayoral race, ranging from doting tributes to freaking out Islamophobic and socialismphobic diatribes. So, why write another piece on it? Because this piece is not about him per se. It is about this moment, which is much bigger than you, I, or him. In fact, if I were him, I would try to steer clear of writings like these because they are meant to be sobering and pressure-inducing. But then he is not me. He has shown he and his supporters can handle anything.
The regular readers of this space will remember that I hardly mentioned him in my works until the race was on. One reason is aging. While this David versus Goliath fight would have excited me to no end only until a decade ago, nothing politi
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