New York City first lady Rama Duwaji has produced artwork for an olive oil brand that puts a celebrated plane attacker on its bottles and pumps anti-Israel slogans across its social feeds. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Duwaji, a Brooklyn-based Syrian illustrator married to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has created illustrations for Olive Odyssey since […] The post Mamdani’s wife illustrates for olive oil brand that honors plane attacker and anti-Israel ‘martyrs’ appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City first lady Rama Duwaji has produced artwork for an olive oil brand that puts a celebrated plane attacker on its bottles and pumps anti-Israel slogans across its social feeds. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Duwaji, a Brooklyn-based Syrian illustrator married to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has created illustrations for Olive Odyssey since at least October 2025, including work tied to product pages that sell bottles for close to $100. One offering, the Nazareth Picholine Cold Pressed Floral Harvest 2025, carries a hand-drawn portrait of Khalil Abu Osba, whom the company markets as a “Palestinian resistance fighter.” Family accounts credit him with shooting a British plane out of the sky, drawing a death sentence,…Open
How does the involvement of Rama Duwaji in this branding contrast with the official actions of her husband, Mayor Zohran Mamdani?
While Mayor Mamdani recently launched a $30 million city program to combat antisemitism, his wife has been paid to create artwork for a brand that sells "from the river to the sea" messaging, lionizes a PFLP spokesman, and features a celebrated plane attacker on its products. Additionally, the NYPD refused to provide officers for the couple's travel to Syria and Lebanon.
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What other public activities or affiliations has Rama Duwaji had regarding anti-Israel sentiment?
Beyond her work for Olive Odyssey, reports indicate that Duwaji previously honored female terrorists Leila Khaled and Shadia Abu Ghazaleh on social media (posts which were later deleted). She also served as an artist-in-residence at a luxury Islamic women’s retreat that advocated for the abolition of Israel and celebrated Ghassan Kanafani, an organization that appears to share an orbit with the organizers of Olive Odyssey.
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What is the connection between Rama Duwaji's work and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)?
Olive Odyssey, for which Duwaji provides illustrations, marked the anniversary of the death of Ghassan Kanafani with a post praising him as a threat to the "settler state." Kanafani was a founder and spokesman for the PFLP, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. The company's post featured official PFLP poster imagery featuring skulls and highlighted Kanafani's rejection of international law.
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What is the political nature of the social media content and branding used by the company Olive Odyssey?
Olive Odyssey uses its social media feeds to promote anti-Israel slogans and "resistance" branding. This includes using the slogan "from the river to the sea," sharing imagery of Israel as a skull with dead Palestinians in its teeth, and posting a video featuring a farmer who equates the "martyrs" watering the land with their blood. The brand has also used TikTok to call for "strategic disruptions" in support of Gaza and attacked the Jewish National Fund's trees as "soldiers of the occupation."
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Who is Khalil Abu Osba and how does Olive Odyssey portray him in its marketing?
Khalil Abu Osba is marketed by Olive Odyssey as a "Palestinian resistance fighter" and a "martyr." Family accounts cited by the brand claim he shot a British plane out of the sky, received a death sentence, escaped from Acre prison, and became a symbol of Palestinian resistance. The brand uses his image on its grocery-shelf oil bottles to commemorate his legacy.
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What specific artwork has Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, produced for the olive oil brand Olive Odyssey?
Rama Duwaji, a Brooklyn-based Syrian illustrator, has produced illustrations for Olive Odyssey since at least October 2025. This includes work for product pages selling bottles for nearly $100, specifically featuring a hand-drawn portrait of Khalil Abu Osba on the Nazareth Picholine Cold Pressed Floral Harvest 2025 bottle. The brand markets Abu Osba as a “Palestinian resistance fighter” who reportedly shot down a British plane.
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