Throwback to Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani’s lavish Dubai wedding with Burj Khalifa views

In December 2024, Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji hosted a nikah and engagement party in Dubai

Published on: Nov 05, 2025 9:50 AM IST

By Sanya Jain

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Zohran Mamdani has scripted history by becoming the first Muslim mayor of New York City. At just 34, he will also become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on January 1. While Mamdani ran a high-visibility campaign, his wife — Syrian-American artist Rama Duwaji — preferred to stay out of the spotlight.

Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji at their nikah ceremony in Dubai. (Instagram/lmf_dubai)

India-origin Zohran Mamdani, 34, met Rama Duwaji, 28, on the dating app Hinge in 2021. The couple got engaged a few years later, in October 2024.

In December 2024, Mamdani and Duwaji hosted a nikah and engagement party in Dubai — the city where Duwaji spent much of her childhood and where her family is still based.

Throwback to Zohran Mamdani’s Dubai wedding

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The couple hosted their engagement and nikah ceremony on the stunning rooftop of Vida Creek Harbour, which offers a view of the iconic Burj Khalifa.

Instagram posts from florist LMF Dubai give a glimpse into the lavish party which saw the rooftop venue transformed into a blooming garden. The florists used soft ivory roses, lisianthus, and fresh ruscus to create a white garden against the pink sunset of Dubai.

For the nikah ceremony, Rama Duwaji wore a silver-toned white gown. Zohran Mamdani was dressed in a navy blue kurta.

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“We brought garden romance to the city with lush blooms, delicately trailing greenery, and a statement arch that embraced the couple in nature’s quiet luxury,” LMF Dubai said in an Instagram post.

The Dubai celebration was not the only one. In February 2025, Mamdani and Duwaji tied the knot in a simple courthouse wedding at the city clerk’s office in Lower Manhattan. Later, in July, they hosted a three-day celebration for his wedding at his family’s estate in Uganda.

Mamdani is the son of Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan academic of Indian descent.

(Also read: Meet the First Lady of NYC: All about Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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