ALBAWABA - Zohran Mamdani, an American politician who has served since 2021 as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 36th district, representing the Queens neighborhood of Astoria, is a major competitor in the New York City mayoral elections. Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on Oct. 18, 1991, in Kampala, Uganda, the only child of postcolonialism academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair. He moved to New ...