In the wake of Zohran Mamdani's historic election as New York City mayor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman hailed the win as a restoration of the left's core mission, reaffirming it as a movement dedicated to justice, equality, and human dignity.

Karman, Yemen's prominent journalist and human rights activist, stated that Mamdani’s experience proves that genuine leftist politics triumphs not through slogans, but through amplifying the voices of the people and serving marginalized communities. She emphasized that the project of freedom and social justice can still earn public trust when it is sincere, courageous, and intimately connected to people's daily struggles and aspirations.

On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. His victory is landmark, making him the youngest person to hold the office since 1892, the city's first Muslim mayor, and the first to have been born in Africa.