A week after his historic win, New York City’s first Muslim and ethnic South Asian Mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, has become both a target and a symbol of what’s changing and what isn’t in America.
His rise forces a reckoning with how Muslim belonging is negotiated in public life, and whether representation can really challenge entrenched Islamophobia and inequality.
Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris speaks with Professor Salim Daniels, a professor of anthropology at Hofstra University in New York.
Produced by: Astro Awani
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