NYC
Fi st
Lady
Rama
Duwaji
is
scheduled
to
visit
Sy ia
a d
Leba o
i
Septembe ,
New
Yo k
Post
epo ted.
NYC
mayo
Zoh a
Mamda i’s
wife
Rama
Duwaji
has
a
t ip
to
Sy ia
a d
Leba o
o
he
schedule
i
Septembe
a d
that
has
t igge ed
a
majo
ow
as
it
is
ot
clea
whethe
she
will
be
accompa ied
by
NYPD
secu ity.
New
Yo k
Post
epo ted
that
Duwaji
equested
NYPD
secu ity
afte
she
t aveled
ove seas
last
mo th
without
police
p otectio .
But
the
cou t ies
that
she
i te ds
to
visit
a e
o
State
Depa tme t’s
‘Do
Not
T avel’
list
fo
Ame ica s.Mayo al
spokespe so
Do a
Pekec
co fi med
to
New
Yo k
Post
that
Rama
Duwaji’s
secu ity
detail
will
be
joi i g
he
whe
she
t avel
to
visit
family
i
Sy ia
a d
Leba o .
But
NYPD
late
de ied
it
a d
said
such
a
t ip
would
eve
be
app oved.“The
NYPD
does
ot
se d
office s
to
cou t ies
with
level
fou
t avel
adviso ies
fo
disc etio a y
easo s
ot
li ked
to
i vestigative
wo k,”
a
NYPD
spokespe so
told
Post,
addi g
that
this
is
ot
a
official
t ip
a d
he ce
NYPD
pe so el
will
ot
be
t aveli g
with
Duwaji.Dov
Hiki d,
a
fo me
B ookly
Assemblyma
a d
the
fou de
of
Ame ica s
Agai st
A tisemtism,
said
if
NYPD
cops
accompa y
Rama
Duwaji,
they
will
be
i
da ge ,
a d
the e
is
o
da ge
fo
Duwaji
i
these
cou t ies
as
she
will
be
“p otected
by
Hezbollah”.
“We’ e
putti g
the
police
office s
i
da ge .
They
will
be
viewed
as
the
bad
guys.
These
a e
wa
zo es,”
Hiki d
said.
“Duwaji
does ’t
eed
secu ity.
She
will
get
a
he o’s
welcome
a d
be
p otected
by
Hezbollah,
Hamas
a d
the
Houthis,”
Hiki d
said.
Rama
Duwaji’s
Middle-East
co ectio
Duwaji
is
a
Sy ia -Ame ica
a tist,
a imato ,
illust ato
a d
ce amist.
Bo
is
Texas
to
Sy ia
pa e ts,
she
g ew
up
i
New
Je sey
a d
Dubai.
He
pa e ts,
Ma wa
Duwaji
a d
D
Ba iah
Da da i,
a e
f om
Damascus.
While
he
family
has
he itage
a d
ties
i
Sy ia,
he
mothe
has
also
wo ked
o
medical/huma ita ia
missio s
i
the
egio
with
the
Sy ia
Ame ica
Medical
Society.
Duwaji
completed
a
a tist
eside cy
i
Bei ut,
Leba o ,
befo e
movi g
to
New
Yo k
City
i
2021.He
wo k
f eque tly
ce te s
o
themes
of
A ab
ide tity,
woma hood,
female
solida ity,
mig atio ,
a d
social
justice.Last
mo th,
Duwaji
co-hosted
a
p o-Palesti ia
all-female
spi itual
et eat
o
the
F e ch
isla d
of
Co sica.
Befo e
that,
she
was
at
a othe
et eat
o
the
Spa ish
isla d
of
Mallo ca,
whe e
she
was
the
“a tist-i – eside ce”
at
a
sold-out
“Pla ts
Of
The
Qu a ”
wo kshop.
I
these
t ips,
Duwaji
was
ot
accompa ied
by
NYPD
cops.
