{"id":2686226,"date":"2026-10-17T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdanis-wife-paints-portrait-of-her-inspiration-he-called-mass-murdering-islamic-terrorists-great-heroes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T07:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:32:15","slug":"mamdanis-wife-paints-portrait-of-her-inspiration-he-called-mass-murdering-islamic-terrorists-great-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdanis-wife-paints-portrait-of-her-inspiration-he-called-mass-murdering-islamic-terrorists-great-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani&#8217;s Wife Paints Portrait of Her &#8216;Inspiration&#8217;: He Called Mass-Murdering Islamic Terrorists &#8216;Great Heroes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdanis-wife-paints-portrait-of-her-inspiration-he-called-mass-murdering-islamic-terrorists-great-heroes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2686226&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh provided content features a webpage section with a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button that reveals additional information about Rama Duwaji, the wife of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It includes a news report from the Washington Free Beacon dated October 12, highlighting that Duwaji painted a portrait of Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, who praised terrorist attacks against Israel on october 7. Mansour, who passed away in august, is noted for his controversial views, including denying the authenticity of &#8220;The Diary of Anne Frank,&#8221; praising Adolf Hitler as an artist, and supporting Hamas leadership. The report criticizes Mansour&#8217;s anti-Semitic and pro-terrorism stance, citing social media posts and comments to illustrate his controversial views. Additionally, Duwaji has been criticized for publicly supporting Palestinian causes and expressing justification for Hamas attacks, including sharing content that downplays violence against Israelis. the webpage includes embedded scripts for ad tracking and a form for submitting corrections or feedback.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani, painted a portrait of Sliman Mansour, a Palestinian who praised the Oct. 7 terrorists that attacked Israel as \u201cgreat heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/nyc-first-lady-painted-portrait-of-her-inspiration-a-jew-hating-artist-who-said-anne-frank-is-a-hoax-posted-hitlers-paintings-and-celebrated-oct-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Oct. 12 that Duwaji said in an April 2024 video that she would be painting Mansour, who died in August of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi, I\u2019m Rama, a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, and today I\u2019m going to be animating a portrait of Sliman Mansour, who is a painter and sculptor that\u2019s inspired the work that I do,\u201d she said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Duwaji also said that \u201cSliman is an artist of the Intifada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon noted that the second intifada, which occurred in the early 2000s, was marked by thousands of anti-Israel terror attacks, including suicide bombings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW FROM ME<\/p>\n<p>NYC first lady Rama Duwaji calls Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour her \u201cinspiration\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mansour, a violent, Jew-hating crank, called Anne Frank\u2019s diary a Jewish forgery, d Hitler\u2019s art, hailed Hamas leaders as \u201cgreat heroes,\u201d celebrated Oct. 7, let Hamas use his work as propaganda, posted tributes when Haniyeh and Nasrallah were killed, and admitted taking part in Palestinian terrorism<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/9M2Wyofwto<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/2109636279352664188?\">October 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  More than 1,000 Israelis died in those attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon said that Mansour not only commended the Hamas terrorists, but also insisted that \u201cThe Diary of Anne Frank\u201d was a forgery.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2016 post, Mansour claimed that \u201cthe diaries \u2018I am Frank\u2019 that they made the world famous finally turned out to be the invention of an American Jewish writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mansour liked a comment on the post which said, \u201cLook at how the Jewish mind works: setting up, cheating, making profits, and the strange thing is that the world believes the lies and considers them a truthful history, while in reality, it is a forgery, a fantasy, and a deception in order to achieve the goal: material, more money, and control.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: A 2024 video has resurfaced of Zohran Mamdani\u2019s wife, Rama Duwaji, creating a tribute portrait of \u201cPalestinian\u201d artist Sliman Mansour.<\/p>\n<p>She called him \u201can artist of the Intifada\u201d and says he inspired the work she does!<\/p>\n<p>Mansour is a Hamas propagandist who praised its leaders as \u201cgreat heroes,\u201d openly celebrated the Oct. 7 attack against Israel, and has claimed that The Diary of Anne Frank is a Jewish forgery.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t that lovely? 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