Zohran Mamdani clarifies which 'aunt' lived in fear after 9/11 over hijab, people call it weird

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Zohran Mamdani clarifies which 'aunt' lived in fear after 9/11 over hijab, people call it weird

Wednesday 29th October 2025, 12:01PM

A social media storm erupted over who is considered an aunt after Zohran Mamdani clarified an anecdote about his father's cousin, Zehra Fui, not his aunt Masuma Mamdani. Commentators are now discussing cultural naming conventions for relatives, while Mamdani asserted that he was not lying when he spoke about his aunt living in fear during 9/11.

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