Rama Duwaji Draws Fire for Skipping America 250 for 6th Quran Retreat in Spain
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 5
Rama Duwaji Draws Fire for Skipping America 250 for 6th Quran Retreat in Spain
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 5
Summary
Rama Duwaji, wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, was criticized after reportedly traveling to Mallorca for a sold-out Islamic retreat instead of attending America 250 events over the July 4 weekend.
The Women Sanctuary listed the trip as its 6th "Plants Of The Quran" retreat, a spiritual wellness program focused on olives, pomegranates, dates and figs, with workshops, meals and reflection.
Republican council members Joann Ariola and Frank Morano called the absence a missed civic moment, arguing the mayor's family should have appeared during one of the city's biggest patriotic celebrations.
Mamdani stayed in New York through the heat wave and semiquincentennial events, while his office said Duwaji did not use officers from the couple's taxpayer-funded NYPD security detail on the trip.