Mayor Zohran Mamdani donned a garish, eye-popping Arsenal FC kurta during a Wednesday event celebrating Eid al-Adha.
The city’s first Muslim mayor and diehard fan of the English soccer team opted for a long blue-and-black jersey with red stripes on its sleeves and the slogan “Emirates Fly Better” from the soccer team’s sponsor.
Mamdani — who attended an Eid event in the Bronx with his Democratic socialist ally Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — tied the holiday’s themes of sacrifice and charity to his political ideology.
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