ZOHRAN MAMDANI; PROTESTING AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. ZOHRAN MAMDANI'S MOTHER MIRA NAIR, DECLINED AN INVITATION TO A FILM FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL IN 2013, SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHE WOULD NOT VISIT THE COUNTRY UNTIL “APARTHEID IS OVER.”; ZOHRAN MAMDANI'S FATHER MAHMOOD MAMDANI, HAS DESCRIBED ZIONISTS AS OPPRESSORS IN SOME OF HIS WRITINGS, LED TEACH-INS AT COLUMBIA’S ENCAMPMENTS PROTESTING THE WAR IN GAZA LAST YEAR AND CRITICIZED THE UNIVERSITY’S RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTS. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.