Zohran Mamdani’s artist wife skips NYC mayoral debate to teach ceramics class in trendy Brooklyn bistro

Zohran Mamdani’s artist wife Rama Duwaji was spotted teaching a ceramics class in a trendy Brooklyn neighborhood Thursday night – while her socialist husband was trading barbs during the New York City mayoral debate. 

Duwaji, 28, skipped out on supporting her hubby during the debate and instead spent the evening instructing a workshop on ceramic tile design at a buzzy new Levantine bistro called Huda in East Williamsburg, according to photos obtained by The Post. 

The $95-a-ticket workshop began at 5 p.m. and ended at 7:30 p.m. — a half hour after Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa took to the debate stage. 

Photos show Duwaji, dressed in black with gold jewelry, standing in front of a projected image of different swatches of underglaze combinations used to paint ceramics. 

The workshop was set to focus on “fruit iconography with damascene tile design,” where participants would design their “own ceramic tiles to take home,” according to the event page.

Across the East River, her 33-year-old husband was fighting his way through pointed jabs from ex-Gov. Cuomo, while skirting tough questions. 

Duwaji was scheduled to lead the Thursday class — part of a four-week workshop series taught by different creatives — ahead of the debate, according to a schedule on the restaurant’s Instagram. It’s unclear how far in advance it was planned compared to the debate night scheduling. 

Meanwhile, Sliwa’s wife was in attendance at the debate hosted at NBC’s 30 Rock, while Cuomo is divorced. 

Mamdani and Duwaji first met on Hinge in 2021. Duwaji is Texas-born with Syrian descent and works as both a ceramist and illustrator, who has had recent illustrations published in outlets like New York Magazine.

They just held an extravagant wedding in July, tying the knot after four years of dating.

The couple lives together in Astoria, Queens, in a rent-stabilized apartment.