NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji has yet again jetted overseas, this time to England where she collaborated with global pop star Dua Lipa on an art installation for the 2026 London Literature Festival.<\/p>\n
Duwaji \u2013 a \u00a0Syrian-American artist <\/a>who has made more headlines for being out of the country than for being by her husband\u2019s side \u2013 provided animation for Lipa\u2019s \u201cRead the World Differently\u201d public art and billboard campaign that centers around Lipa\u2019s Service95 Book Club<\/a>, a global reading project.<\/p>\n Lipa, who is curating the Oct. 20-Nov. 1 festival, provided the words for the collab, FirstPost.com<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cI \u2764\ufe0f BOOKS,\u201d Duwaji wrote on Instagram<\/a> Friday while showing off her work.<\/p>\n First Lady Rama Duwaji collaborates with pop star Dua Lipa on an art installation for the 2026 London Literature Festival in England. Instagram\/RAMA DUWAJI<\/p>\n NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s wife came under fire in July<\/a> for ditching America\u2019s 250th anniversary, to jet off for an Islamic \u201cspiritual wellness\u201d retreat on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca ahead of the patriotic celebration.<\/p>\n NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji jetted overseas again this week \u2013 this time to England where she collaborated with global pop star Dua Lipa on an art installation for the 2026 London Literature Festival. Instagram\/@ramaduwaji<\/p>\n The Dallas-raised, Dubai-educated first lady\u2019s solo trips since Mamdani was sworn in Jan. 1 also include hitting Corscia, France in July where was a host and artist-in-residence for a The Women Sanctuary\u2019s sold-out retreat that that honored \u201cthe legacy of Mary, the most honored woman in the Quran.\u201d<\/p>\n Dua Lipa is curating the Oct. 20-Nov. 1 festival. AP Photo\/Evan Agostini<\/p>\n And a month later, she resumed her role as the \u201cartist-in-residence<\/a>\u201d with The Women Sanctuary when it hosted the \u201cJourney through Islamic Calligraphy\u201d retreat in Porto, Portugal.<\/p>\n The Women Sanctuary has called<\/a> for the destruction of Israel and for \u201cPalestine\u201d to be cleansed of its \u201coppressors\u201d in a series of hateful social media posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe apartheid colonial state of Israel has committed a genocide against the Palestinian people,\u201d reads an October 2025 Instagram post<\/a>. \u201cAbolish the colonial apartheid state of Israel. Free Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n