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A mayor with global roots: Zohran Mamdani's rise resonates far beyond New York

By Kate Bartlett,

Diaa Hadid, Fatima Al-Kassab

Published November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM EST

Uganda-born son of Indian immigrants turned NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is drawing global attention — especially from progressives eyeing his playbook.

Kate Bartlett

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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Fatima Al-Kassab

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Greetings from Johannesburg, South Africa, where spring bursts with jacaranda blooms

Kate Bartlett

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
The Dalai Lama created a Tibetan capital in exile in India. It's shrinking

Diaa Hadid

For decades, Tibetans built a capital in exile in Dharamshala, India, and sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. That's now changing.
Tibetan refugees once flocked to Dharamshala. But now that's changing

Diaa Hadid

For decades, Tibetans built a capital-in-exile in Dharamshala in India, and they sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. But their numbers are now decreasing.