Overview
- A report by The Free Press identified Spotify playlists under Rama Duwaji’s name featuring anti-Israel songs and pro-Palestinian titles, with multiple outlets echoing the findings.
- City Hall declined to comment, and the Spotify account switched to private after reporters asked about it.
- One playlist, titled “hungry but sexy for palestine,” included “Ana Bakrah Israel,” which translates to “I hate Israel,” and another song with a line translated as asking protection “from the Jews who are greedy for you.”
- Playlists also included “p2P Palestine 2 Pree-DC protest trip” for the Jan. 13, 2024 Gaza march and a 2020 list titled “ACAB,” an anti-police phrase meaning “All Cops Are Bastards.”
- Duwaji apologized in April for earlier posts that caused hurt, and Mamdani has said she is a private person, yet the new findings have renewed questions for his administration.